vurpi

Sicilian

Alternative forms
  • gurpi (homophonous allographic variant)
  • vulpi, gulpi (obsolete, non rhotacized)

Etymology

From Latin vulpem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈ(v)uɾ.pi/, [ˈβuɾ.pɪ]
  • Hyphenation: vùr‧pi

Noun

vurpi f (plural vurpi)

  1. # A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
  2. (slang, figurative) A cunning person.

Derived terms
  • vurpagghiuni
  • vurpazza
  • vurpiḍḍa

Descendants
  • → Maltese: gilpa (from the form gulpi)

See also
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