uppi

See also: uppí

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʊpːɪ]

Adverb

uppi

  1. up, above, on top, overhead, upstairs
    har uppi ― up there
    standa uppi ― to be afoot
  2. (past) over, used up
    vera uppi ― to be over

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʏhpɪ/
    Rhymes: -ʏhpɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse uppi.

Adverb

uppi (comparative ofar, superlative efst)

  1. above, upstairs
    Antonym: niðri

Etymology 2

Based on English yuppie.

Noun

uppi m (genitive singular uppa, nominative plural uppar)

  1. yuppie
Declension
Declension of uppi (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative uppi uppinn uppar upparnir
accusative uppa uppann uppa uppana
dative uppa uppanum uppum uppunum
genitive uppa uppans uppa uppanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uppai (“up”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰 (iupa).

Adverb

uppi (not comparable)

  1. up

Descendants

  • Faroese: uppi
  • Icelandic: uppi
  • Danish: oppe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppe
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oppe
  • Old Swedish: uppe

Further reading

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • “uppi” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “uppi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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