lupu

• lup

From Latin lupus from an Osco-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Romanian lup.

lupu m (plural luchi, feminine equivalent lupoanji or lupoanje or lupã)

1. wolf

• lupsã

From Vulgar Latin *lūpum, from Latin lŭpum. Compare Italian lupo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlupu/

lupu m (plural lupi)

1. wolf (Canis lupus)

• “lupu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

• IPA^(key): [ˈlupu]

lupu

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of lup

lupu

1. accusative singular of lupa

lupu

1. romanization of 𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌖

• lupö (Nicosian, Sperlinghese), lup′ (Aidonese)

From Old Lombard, from Latin lupus.

lupu m

1. (Piazzese) wolf

   Synonym: dauv

lupu

1. dwarf buffalo

Borrowed from Sicilian lupu.

• IPA^(key): /luː.pu/

lupu m (plural lpup, feminine lupa)

1. wolf

   Synonym: dib

2. European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

   Synonyms: spigola, spina, spnott

Borrowed from Italian lupo. Not inherited from Latin lupus; note the absence of a form like *lubu as well as the absence of the animal itself from the island.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlupu/

lupu m (plural lupos)

1. wolf

• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “lúpu”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

From Latin lupus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

lupu m (plural lupi)

1. wolf

• → Gallo-Italic of Sicily: lupö, lup′, lupu
• → Maltese: lupu