puppis

Meaning

1. (declension-3, feminine) stern, poop of a ship
2. (broadly, declension-3, feminine) a ship
3. (declension-3, feminine, figuratively) backside of a person

Concepts

stern

poop

💩

poopdeck

stern of a ship

aft

boat

⛵

the poop

Synonyms

alveus

cumba

cymba

navis

🚢

navigium

paro

linter

Translations

popa

Heck

poupe

💩

πρύμνη

poppa

popa

Hinterschiff

πρύμη

cul

βλοσυρός

arrière

🔙

barque

canot

Boot

⛵

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpʊp.pɪs]

Etymology

Uncertain. Pokorny compares Polish pupa (“bottom, rear”) and Ancient Greek πύματος (púmatos, “the last”), from a common Proto-Indo-European *pu (“turned away”), supposedly from or related to *apó (“away, off”), with uncertainties. (However, Pokorny did not consider that the Greek word could just as well reflect *pó-mn̥tos with Cowgill's law.) More information at Sanskrit पुनर् (púnar). Muss-Arnolt compares Hebrew בוב (būḇ, “to be hollow”).