gufo

See also: gufò

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gufo, from Late Latin būfus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡufo]
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  • Rhymes: -ufo
  • Hyphenation: gu‧fo

Noun

gufo (accusative singular gufon, plural gufoj, accusative plural gufojn)

  1. eagle owl
    Hypernym: strigo

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡu.fo/
  • Rhymes: -ufo
  • Hyphenation: gù‧fo

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *gūfus, further variant of Late Latin būfus, ultimately onomatopoeic. Its probable regional (such as Faliscan or Sabellic) origin is evident in the medial -f-, which corresponds to Latin -b-. Cognate to Romanian buhă, Spanish búho, Portuguese bufo, all "eagle owl". The original ōn-stem also gave Tuscan (Lucca) bofonchio (“hornet”), Italian bofonchiare, bifonchiare (“to mutter, grumble”).

Noun

gufo m (plural gufi)

  1. owl (order Strigiformes)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Esperanto: gufo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gufo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gufare

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