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See also: uppí

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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uppi

  1. up, above, on top, overhead, upstairs
    har uppiup there
    standa uppito be afoot
  2. (past) over, used up
    vera uppito be over

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse uppi.

Adverb

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uppi (not comparable)

  1. above, upstairs
Antonyms
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Etymology 2

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Based on English yuppie.

Noun

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uppi m (genitive singular uppa, nominative plural uppar)

  1. yuppie
Declension
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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *uppai (up). Cognate with Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰 (iupa).

Adverb

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uppi (not comparable)

  1. up

Descendants

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  • Faroese: uppi
  • Icelandic: uppi
  • Danish: oppe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppe
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oppe
  • Old Swedish: uppe

References

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  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • “uppi” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
  • uppi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press