lupu

See also: Lupu, lūpu, and łupu

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• lup

Etymology

From Latin lupus from an Osco-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Romanian lup.

Noun

lupu m (plural luchi, feminine equivalent lupoanji or lupoanje or lupã)

1. wolf

Derived terms

• lupsã

Corsican

Un lupu.

Etymology

From Latin lupus, borrowed from an Osco-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cognates include Italian lupo and French loupe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlupu/

Noun

lupu m (plural lupi)

1. wolf (Canis lupus)

References

• “lupu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlupu]

Etymology 1

Noun

lupu

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of lup

Etymology 2

Noun

lupu

1. accusative singular of lupa

Etruscan

Romanization

lupu

1. Romanization of 𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌖

Gallo-Italic of Sicily

Alternative forms

• lupö (Nicosian, Sperlinghese), lup′ (Aidonese)

Etymology

From Old Lombard, from Latin lupus.

Noun

lupu m

1. (Piazzese) wolf

   Synonym: dauv

Lindu

Noun

lupu

1. dwarf buffalo

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian lupu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luː.pu/

Noun

lupu m (plural lpup, feminine lupa)

1. wolf

   Synonym: dib

2. European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

   Synonyms: spigola, spina, spnott

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin lupus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlupu/

Noun

lupu m (plural lupos)

1. wolf

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin lupus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Noun

lupu m (plural lupi)

1. wolf

Descendants

• → Maltese: lupu