lup

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lup"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Lumbu with p as a placeholder.

Symbol

lup

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lumbu.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lumbu terms

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• lupu

Etymology

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

Noun

lup m (plural luchi; feminine equivalent lupoanji / lupoanje or lupã)

1. wolf

Derived terms

• lupsã

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlup]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lupъ.

Noun

lup m inan

1. plunder, spoil

Declension

Declension of lup (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	lup	lupy
genitive	lupu	lupů
dative	lupu	lupům
accusative	lup	lupy
vocative	lupe	lupy
locative	lupu	lupech
instrumental	lupem	lupy

Related terms

• loupit
• lupič

Etymology 2

Noun

lup m inan

1. (usually in the plural) dandruff, scurf (flakes of skin)

   Alternative form: lupt

Declension

Declension of lup (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	lup	lupy
genitive	lupu	lupů
dative	lupu	lupům
accusative	lup	lupy
vocative	lupe	lupy
locative	lupu	lupech
instrumental	lupem	lupy

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

lup

1. imitating the sound of an impact

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lup

1. second-person singular imperative of loupit

Further reading

• “lup”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lup”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lup”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Etruscan

Romanization

lup

1. romanization of 𐌋𐌖𐌐

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch loep.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlup/ [ˈlʊp̚]
• Rhymes: -up
• Syllabification: lup

Noun

lup (plural lup-lup)

1. (optics) synonym of kaca pembesar (“magnifying glass”)

Further reading

• “lup”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lup]

Noun

lup m (plural lupi, definite singular lupu)

1. wolf

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lupus.

Noun

lup m

1. wolf

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlup/
• Rhymes: -up
• Syllabification: lup
• Homophone: lub

Noun

lup f

1. genitive plural of lupa

Romanian

Un lup.

Alternative forms

• луп (lup) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lupus, from an Osco-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Doublet of lupus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlup/

• Audio (male voice):

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• Audio (female voice):

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• Rhymes: -up
• Hyphenation: lup

Noun

lup m (plural lupi)

1. wolf

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	lup	lupul	lupi	lupii
genitive-dative	lup	lupului	lupi	lupilor
vocative	lupule		lupilor

Related terms

• lupan
• lupare
• lupărie
• lupei
• lupesc
• lupoaică
• lupoaie

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lupus (lupus > lup; cf. French: loup, Italian: lupo, Esperanto: lupo).

Noun

lup (genitive lupa, plural lups)

1. wolf (family Canidae)

Declension

Declension of lup

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lup	lups
Genitive	lupa	lupas
Dative	lupe	lupes
Accusative	lupi	lupis
Predicative1	lupu	lupus
Vocative	o lup	o lups

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Synonyms

• ludog (older term, now obsolete)

Hypernyms

• follögaf
• nim
• sügaf, süganim

Hyponyms

• hilup (“he-wolf”)
• hilupül (“male wolf cub, cf. fr: louveteau”)
• jilup (“she-wolf”)
• jilupül (“female wolf cub, cf. fr: louvetelle”)
• lelup
• lupil
• lupül (“wolf cub”)

Derived terms

• lupadog
• lupik
• lupiknibaträp

See also

• ber (“bear”)
• dog (“dog”)
• kat (“cat”)

Further reading

• “lup”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)