abubilla

abubilla

Spanish

abubilla

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *upupella, diminutive of Latin upupa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /abuˈbiʝa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /abuˈbiʝa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /abuˈbiʎa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /abuˈbiʃa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /abuˈbiʒa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: a‧bu‧bi‧lla

Noun

abubilla f (plural abubillas)

1. hoopoe (the bird Upupa epops)

Synonyms

• abubute (Ávila)
• gurgute, cututa, cutut, papute, cucute y cuscut (Aragón)
• apupu, tabobo (Canary Islands)
• bubidilla (León)
• bubulilla (Burgos)
• poipa (Extremadura)

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References

1. National Geographic

Further reading

• “abubilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014