From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 55661
Date: 2008-03-22
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From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:59:00 -0700 (PDT), Rick McCallister
<gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
>DRAE has abubilla. (Del lat. *upupella, dim. de
>upŭpa).
>Given the English name, I'm guessing this bird has a
>call that sounds like it name. Is that true? If not,
>then start wondering where it comes from.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upupa_epops
According to the article, the cry of the bird is up-up-up.
Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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I have explained in message 55654
the reasons why I think
the word is not onomatopeic
even if it has come to be expressive
because the original *dza?p-
or *dzo?p- are PIE o:p-
And abubilla is not up-up-up.
Or maybe only for your daughter.
Arnaud
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