pupa
noun
/k͡pū.k͡pā/
spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
- red; that which is red
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “pupa”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
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
Dialectal synonyms “red” 77 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ọ̀bà Àkókó
- pupa
- Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)
- pupa
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- pupa
- Àgọ́ Ìwòyè
- pupa
- Ìjẹ̀bú Igbó
- pupa
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- pupa
- Ìkẹ́nnẹ́
- pupa
- Ìkòròdú
- pupa
- Òde Rẹ́mọ
- pupa
- Ṣágámù
- pupa
- Ifọ́n
- pupa
- Òkìtìpupa
- pupa
- Mahin
- pupa
- Òde Ùgbò
- pupa
- Òde Etíkàn
- pupa
- Oǹdó
- pupa
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- pupa
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- dídẹ̀n
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- kpúkpán
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- pụpa
- Òdè Èkìtì
- pụpa
- Òmùò Èkìtì
- pụpa
- Awó Èkìtì
- pụpa
- Ìfàkì Èkìtì
- pụpa
- Àkúrẹ́
- pụpa
- Òkè Igbó
- pupa
- Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó
- pupa
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- pupa
- Ìgbẹsà
- pupa
- Ọ̀tà
- pupa
- Agége
- pupa
- Ìlogbò Erémi
- pupa
- Abẹ́òkúta
- pupa
- Èkó
- pupa
- Ìbàdàn
- pupa
- Igbó Òrà
- pupa
- Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)
- pupa
- Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún
- pupa
- Ìlọrin
- pupa
- Òtù
- pupa
- Ìwéré Ilé
- pupa
- Òkèhò
- pupa
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- pupa
- Ṣakí
- pupa
- Tedé
- pupa
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- pupa
- Ọ̀yọ́
- pupa
- Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)
- pupa
- Ìkirè
- pupa
- Ìwó
- pupa
- Nàìjíríà
- pupa
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- kpukpa
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Kabba
- pupa
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Sokode
- kpikpa
- Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)
- kpukpa
- Tchaourou
- kpukpa
- Baàtɛ
- kpukpa
- Pira
- kpukpa
- Agoua
- kpukpa
- Gouka
- kpukpa
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- kpikpa
- Gbómìnà (Glazwé)
- kpikpa
- Ìkpòbɛ́
- kpukpa
- Kétu
- kpukpa
- Akpáré
- kpikpa
- Atakpamɛ
- kpikpa
- Boko
- kpikpa
- Est-Mono
- kpikpa
- Moretan
- kpikpa
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- kpikpa
- Awotébi
- kpokpá
- Partago
- kpokpɛ̃
- Kandi
- nkpa
- Kambole
- kukpã
- Manigri
- kpukpã
- Ìsakété
- kpukpa
- Ìfànyìn
- kpukpa
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dark-skinned
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