uppi

See also: uppí

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʊpːɪ]

Adverb

uppi

  1. up, above, on top, overhead, upstairs
  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 (not comparable)

  1. above, upstairs
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Based on English yuppie.

Noun

uppi m (genitive singular uppa, nominative plural uppar)

  1. yuppie
Declension
declension of uppi
m-w1 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

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *upp (“up”). Possibly cognate with Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰 (iupa).

Adverb

uppi (not comparable)

  1. up

Descendants
  • Faroese: uppi
  • Icelandic: uppi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppe
  • Swedish: uppe

References
  • “uppi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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