poûpa

See also: poupa

Istriot

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis. Compare Italian poppa.

Noun

poûpa f

1. stern (rear of a ship)
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 99:

     A poûpa, a prùa a xì doûto bandere,

     At the stern, at the bow everything is flags,