abubilla

Spanish

abubilla

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *upupella, diminutive of Latin upupa.

Pronunciation

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]

(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)

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)[1]

Derived terms

abubilla africana

References

National Geographic

Further reading

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

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