gufo
See also: gufò
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian gufo, from Vulgar Latin *būfus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡufo]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ufo
- Hyphenation: gu‧fo
Noun
gufo (accusative singular gufon, plural gufoj, accusative plural gufojn)
- eagle owl
- Hypernym: strigo
Derived terms
- gufujo
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡu.fo/
- Rhymes: -ufo
- Hyphenation: gù‧fo
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *gūfus, further variant of Vulgar Latin *būfus, ultimately onomatopoeic. Its probable regional (such as Faliscan or Sabellic) origin is evident in the medial -f-, which corresponds to Latin -b-. Cognate to Romanian buhă, Spanish búho, Portuguese bufo, all "eagle owl". The original ōn-stem also gave Tuscan (Lucca) bofonchio (“hornet”), Italian bofonchiare, bifonchiare (“to mutter, grumble”).
Noun
gufo m (plural gufi)
- owl (order Strigiformes)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- gufare
- gufo comune (Asio otus)
- gufo delle nevi (Bubo scandiacus)
- gufo reale (Bubo bubo et al)
- gufo sghignazzante (Sceloglaux albifacies)
Descendants
- → Esperanto: gufo
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
gufo
- first-person singular present indicative of gufare
Further reading
gufo on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams
- Fogu, fugo, fugò