pupa

See also: Pupa, púpa, pupă, and pupą

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin pūpa.

Noun

pupa

1. Used as a specific epithet; resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development.

Derived terms

• Braniella pupa
• Cerithiopsis pupa
• Cochlodinium pupa
• Echinorhynchus pupa
• Ehrenbergina pupa
• Gigantopora pupa
• hirtipupa
• Horologica pupa
• Leptopilos pupa
• Lernanthropus pupa
• Megalospora pupa
• Meganthribus pupa
• Micrathena pupa
• Palaina pupa
• pictipupa
• Pseudomyrmex pupa
• Puperita pupa
• Thomisops pupa
• Travisia pupa

 

Related terms

• Pupa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from a special use of Latin pūpa. Doublet of pupe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjuːpə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːpə

Noun

pupa (plural pupas or pupae or pupæ)

2. (entomology) An insect in the development stage between larva and adult.

   Synonym: pupe

   • 1959 April 21, Walt Kelly, Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips, Seattle, Wash.: Fantagraphics Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 34:

     The public is the pupae of the purposely purblind […]

Hyponyms

• chrysalis
• tumbler

Translations

insect

• Albanian: krizalidë f
• Arabic: خَادِرَة f (ḵādira), شَرْنَقَة (ar) f (šarnaqa)
• Armenian: հարսնյակ (hy) (harsnyak)
• Belarusian: ку́калка f (kúkalka), ля́лечка f (ljálječka)
• Bengali: পিউপা (piupa)
• Bulgarian: какавида f (kakavida)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛹 (zh) (yǒng)

• Crimean Tatar: qozalaq
• Czech: kukla (cs) f
• Danish: puppe c
• Dutch: pop (nl) f
• Esperanto: pupo (eo)
• Estonian: nukk
• Finnish: kotelo (fi)
• French: chrysalide (fr) f, nymphe (fr) f
• Georgian: ჭუპრი (č̣uṗri)
• German: Puppe (de) f
• Greek: χρυσαλλίδα (el) f (chrysallída)
• Hebrew: גֹּלֶם / גולם (he) m (gólem)
• Hindi: प्यूपा m (pyūpā)
• Hungarian: báb (hu)
• Icelandic: púpa (is) f
• Indonesian: kepompong (id)
• Italian: pupa (it) f
• Japanese: 蛹 (ja) (さなぎ, sanagi)
• Korean: 번데기 (beondegi)
• Kyrgyz: куурчакча (kuurcakca)
• Latvian: kūniņa f
• Lithuanian: lėliukė f
• Malay: pupa
• Maori: tūngoungou
• Mongolian: авгалдай (mn) (avgaldaj)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: puppe

• Persian: شفیره (fa) (šafire)
• Polish: poczwarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: pupa (pt) f
• Romanian: pupă (ro) f
• Russian: ку́колка (ru) f (kúkolka), хризали́да (ru) f (xrizalída)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: куку̀љица f, лу̏тка f

  Roman: kukùljica (sh) f, lȕtka (sh) f

• Slovak: kukla f
• Slovene: buba (sl) f
• Spanish: crisálida (es) f
• Swedish: puppa (sv) c
• Tagalog: tilas
• Thai: ดักแด้ (th) (dàk-dɛ̂ɛ)
• Turkish: krizalit (tr), pupa (tr), kavırçak (tr)
• Ukrainian: ля́лечка f (ljálečka)
• Uzbek: gʻumbak (uz)
• Vietnamese: nhộng (vi) (蛹 (vi))

See also

• caterpillar

References

• pupa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish popa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpupa/ [ˈpu.pɐ]
• Hyphenation: pu‧pa

Noun

pupa (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜉ)

1. (nautical) the stern; the rear part of a ship or vessel

   Synonym: ulin

   Antonyms: dulong, prowa

Related terms

• apupa

 

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pūpa. Doublet of pop and popi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpu.pa]
• Hyphenation: pu‧pa

Noun

pupa

1. pupa.

Further reading

• “pupa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

pupa (plural pupas)

1. girl

   Synonym: puera

2. doll
3. pupa (of an insect)

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from a special use of Latin pūpa.

Noun

pupa m (genitive singular pupa, nominative plural pupaí)

1. (zoology) pupa

   Synonym: criosalaid

Declension

Declension of pupa (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pupa pupaí vocative a phupa a phupaí genitive pupa pupaí dative pupa pupaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pupa na pupaí genitive an phupa na bpupaí dative leis an bpupa don phupa leis na pupaí

Derived terms

• pupach (“pupal”, adjective)
• pupaigh (“pupate”, intransitive verb)
• pupalann f (“puparium”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of pupa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pupa	phupa	bpupa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pupa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pupa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pupa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pūpa. Doublet of poppa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.pa/
• Rhymes: -upa
• Hyphenation: pù‧pa

Noun

pupa f (plural pupe)

1. doll (child's toy)
2. pupa

Latin

Alternative forms

• puppa

Etymology

By surface analysis, the feminine gender form of pūpus. However, de Vaan considers the feminine form as original; see pūpus for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.pa/, [ˈpuːpä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.pa/, [ˈpuːpä]

Noun

pūpa f (genitive pūpae); first declension

1. girl, little girl

   Synonyms: puella, puellula

2. doll, puppet
3. (New Latin) pupa (of an insect)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pūpa	pūpae
genitive	pūpae	pūpārum
dative	pūpae	pūpīs
accusative	pūpam	pūpās
ablative	pūpā	pūpīs
vocative	pūpa	pūpae

Derived terms

• pūpilla
• pūpula

 

Descendants

• Albanian: pupë (possibly)
• Aromanian: pupã
• Catalan: popa
• → Catalan: pupa
• → Danish: puppe
• → Dutch: pop
• → English: pupa
• Esperanto: pupo
• → French: pupe
• French: poupée, poupin
• → German: Puppe
• → Icelandic: púpa
• → Italian: pupa
• Italian: poppa
• Old French: poupette
  • → English: puppet, poppet
• → Portuguese: pupa
• → Romanian: pupă
• Romanian: păpușă
• → Spanish: pupa

Further reading

• “pupa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pupa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pupa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pupa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latvian

pupas

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pupa f (4th declension)

1. bean (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Declension

Declension of pupa (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	pupa	pupas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	pupu	pupas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	pupas	pupu
dative (datīvs)	pupai	pupām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	pupu	pupām
locative (lokatīvs)	pupā	pupās
vocative (vokatīvs)	pupa	pupas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pupa m sg

1. genitive singular of pups

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian pupa (“bean”), from a sound-symbolic root Baltic root (see also Latvian paupt (“to swell”)) of seemingly similar formation logic to Proto-Slavic *bòbъ (“bean”).

Noun

pupà f (plural pùpos) stress pattern 2

1. bean, legume

Declension

Declension of pupà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	pupà	pùpos
genitive (kilmininkas)	pùpos	pùpų
dative (naudininkas)	pùpai	pùpoms
accusative (galininkas)	pùpą	pupàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	pupà	pùpomis
locative (vietininkas)	pùpoje	pùpose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	pùpa	pùpos

Derived terms

• pupẽlė

 

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pupa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.pa/

Noun

pupa f (plural pupi)

1. doll (child's toy)

Related terms

• pupazz
• pupu

 

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.pa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -upa
• Syllabification: pu‧pa

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from German Popo. According to Pokorny, cognate with Latin puppis (possibly) and Ancient Greek πύματος (púmatos, “the last”), from a common Proto-Indo-European *pu (“turned away”) << *h₂epó (“away, off”).

Noun

pupa f (diminutive pupcia or pupka)

1. (anatomy, euphemistic, somewhat childish) bum, rear, buttocks

   Synonyms: dupa, pośladki, siedzenie, tyłek, zadek

Declension

Declension of pupa

	singular	plural
nominative	pupa	pupy
genitive	pupy	pup
dative	pupie	pupom
accusative	pupę	pupy
instrumental	pupą	pupami
locative	pupie	pupach
vocative	pupo	pupy

Derived terms

noun

• pupina

 

verbs

• upupiać impf
• upupić pf

 

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin pūpa.

Noun

pupa f

1. (obsolete) doll, puppet

   Synonyms: kukła, lalka, (obsolete) łątka

Further reading

• pupa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pupa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin pupa, from special use of Latin pūpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.pɐ/

• Hyphenation: pu‧pa

Noun

pupa f (plural pupas)

1. pupa (insect in its development stage between a larva and an adult)

Romanian

Etymology 1

From a Vulgar Latin *puppāre, from puppa (“breast, teat, nipple”), from Latin pūpa; or perhaps formed from a hypothetical, now lost noun *pupă in early Romanian, from this Latin word. Compare Italian poppare (“to suckle”), poppa (“boob, breast”), Catalan and Occitan popar (“to suckle”), popa (“boob, breast”). Less likely from or linked to pup (“bud”). Cognate with Albanian puth (“to kiss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈpa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pu‧pa

Verb

a pupa (third-person singular present pupă, past participle pupat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive or reciprocal, informal) to kiss

   Synonym: (literary or formal) săruta

2. (reciprocal, figurative, colloquial) to match, to coincide, make for a good fit
3. (transitive, chiefly in the negative, figurative, colloquial) to obtain or stay in possession of something desired

   Nu mai pupi tu mașină.

   You can kiss your car goodbye.

   Cu notele astea, nu pupă el bursă.

   With his grades, a scholarship is out of the question.

Conjugation

    conjugation of pupa (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a pupa
gerund			pupând
past participle			pupat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	pup	pupi	pupă	pupăm	pupați	pupă
	imperfect	pupam	pupai	pupa	pupam	pupați	pupau
	simple perfect	pupai	pupași	pupă	puparăm	puparăți	pupară
	pluperfect	pupasem	pupaseși	pupase	pupaserăm	pupaserăți	pupaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să pup	să pupi	să pupe	să pupăm	să pupați	să pupe
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		pupă			pupați
	negative		nu pupa			nu pupați

Derived terms

• pupa în bot
• pupa în cur
• pupăcios

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.pa/
• Rhymes: -upa
• Hyphenation: pu‧pa

Noun

pupa

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of pupă (“stern”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.pa/
• Rhymes: -upa
• Hyphenation: pu‧pa

Noun

pupa

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of pupă (“pupa”)

References

• pupa in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pupa (Cyrillic spelling пупа)

1. genitive singular of pup

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpupa/ [ˈpu.pa]
• Rhymes: -upa
• Syllabification: pu‧pa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin pupa, from special use of Latin pūpa.

Noun

pupa f (plural pupas)

1. pupa

Etymology 2

Noun

pupa f (plural pupas)

1. bump, especially a cold sore
2. (childish) boo-boo (pain)

Further reading

• “pupa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

pupa class IX (plural pupa class X)

1. haste, impatience

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• pụpa (Ekiti)

Etymology

Compare with Ifè kpikpa, probably from a reduplication of pa (“to be red”), which follows the general pattern of the other basic color roots, which involve a duplication of monosyllabic verbs. See dúdú (“black”), a reduplication of dú (“to be dark”) and funfun, a reduplication of fun (“to be white”). Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *-kpa

Perhaps related to Fon kpákpá (“a tree with red wood”), proposed by Westerman to be derived from Proto-Volta-Congo *pia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pū.k͡pā/

Noun

pupa

1. red; that which is red

Verb

pupa

1. to be red; to become red

   Synonyms: pọ́n, rẹ̀ dòdò

2. to be light in color, usually in regard to skin tone

Derived terms

• pupa ojú-ẹni (“someone's anger 'the red of their eye'”)
• pupa pupa
• pupa rúsúrúsú (“pink or yellow”)
• pupa-ẹyin (“yolk”)
• pupabẹ̀lẹ̀jẹ̀ (“crimson”)

 

Usage

• As one of the three basic colors of Yoruba, the others being dúdú, funfun, the color "pupa" serves as a general class for many bright or warm colors including yellow, orange, and pink.