pupa

Meaning

bum, rear, buttocks

Hyphenated as

pu‧pa

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpu.pa/

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

Jego zdania są napięte jak łuki , jak pupa młodej dziewczyny .

His sentences are tense as bows, like the butt of a young girl.