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pupa.

bum, rear, buttocks

4 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpu.pa/
  1. bum, rear, buttocks

    childish · euphemistic · feminine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from German Popo. According to Pokorny, cognate with Latin puppis (possibly) and Ancient Greek πύματος (púmatos, “the last”), from a common Proto-Indo-European *pu (“turned away”) << *h₂epó (“away, off”).

noun/ˈpu.pa/
  1. doll, puppet

    dialectal · feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin pūpa.

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