Lope

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See also: lope, lopë, løpe, and löpe

Spanish

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin lupus (wolf) but borrowed through Basque Lope~Lop, hence the preservation of intervocalic /p/. The final /e/ may derive from the Latin vocative ending -e.[1] Compare the doublet lobo (wolf), which Spanish directly inherited from Latin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlope/ [ˈlo.pe]
  • Rhymes: -ope
  • Syllabification: Lo‧pe

Proper noun

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Lope m

  1. a male given name

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Kouznetsova, Lidia. 2005. Contatti tra lingue romanze e basco sulla base dei nomi di persona medievali. In Arcamone, Maria Giovanna & Bremer, Donatella & De Camilli, Davide & Porcelli, Bruno (eds.), I Nomi nel tempo e nello spazio. Atti del XXII Congresso Internazionale di Scienze Onomastiche, vol. 1, 593–604. Pisa: Edizioni ETS.