σάλπη
Sarpa salpa
#nm_0391📍 Ancient Greece
- Language
- Ancient Greek
- Transliteration
- salpe
- IPA
- /sál.pɛː/
Origin uncertain, possibly from Egyptian ↳ Compare Coptic ϫⲉⲗϥⲁⲧ jelfat and ⲥⲗⲃⲟⲧ slbot, Arabic شِلْبَا šilbā ↳ Or perhaps already Pre-Greek, the Egyptian and Greek forms sharing a common source (Beekes)
Mediterranean/Aegean species.
Lent to: Σάλπα