pupus

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay pupus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puspus (finished, completed; all gone), *-pus (end, finish).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pupus

  1. extinct, no longer in existence; having died out.
    Synonym: punah

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Further reading[edit]

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₂w- (few, little) (whence also puer).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pūpus m (genitive pūpī); second declension

  1. a boy, a child
  2. a puppet
  3. the pupil of the eye (post-class. for pūpula and pūpilla)

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pūpus pūpī
Genitive pūpī pūpōrum
Dative pūpō pūpīs
Accusative pūpum pūpōs
Ablative pūpō pūpīs
Vocative pūpe pūpī

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Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: pupo
  • Sicilian: pupu

References[edit]

  • pupus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pupus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pupus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian[edit]

Noun[edit]

pupus m

  1. accusative plural of pups

Sundanese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puspus (finished, completed; all gone), *-pus (end, finish).

Verb[edit]

pupus

  1. to die