vopë

Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Byzantine Greek βόωψ (bóōps), *βῶψ (*bôps), accusative βῶπα (bôpa). Compare Italian vopa, Greek γόπα (gópa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvopə/
  • Rhymes: -opə

Noun

vopë f

  1. bogue (Boops boops)
    Synonym: tonovil

References
  • Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN, page 25
  • γόπα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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