choupana

Unknown. Perhaps derived from Old French eschoppe (“booth, stall”) or from Middle English schoppe,^[1] from Proto-Germanic *skup- (“shed, stall”), and under the influence of cabana (“cabin”). Probably also related to Spanish chopa (“pilot's cabin aboard a boat”) and to Basque txopa (“stern”), themselves either from Latin puppis (“stern”) or borrowed from Galician-Portuguese.^[2]

Cognate of Portuguese choupana, probably also related to the Spanish of the Canary isles chupenco (“a poor house”).^[3]

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃowˈpana̝/

choupana f (plural choupanas)

1. shack, hut, hovel

   Synonyms: cabana, casoupa, choza

2. (nautical) pilot's seat in a boat

• Choupana

• chopa (“small compartment aboard a boat”)
• choupela (“bed; jail”)
• chupeta (“small compartment aboard a boat”)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “choupana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “choupana”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “choupana”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Unknown.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: chou‧pa‧na

choupana f (plural choupanas)

1. shack, hut, hovel