laupeen

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

laupe (“to leap”) +‎ -een (“diminutive suffix, borrowed from Irish -ín”), literally little leaper. Compare also harpleat (“sniper”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔːˈpiːn/, /laˈpiːn/

Noun

laupeen

  1. The green plover, leaping or running bird.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 52
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