אוּפְתָּא, (v. אוּפֵי) prop. the large central branch, hence trunk, stalk. Succ. 32ᵃ ואימא א׳ may I not say (as you insist on the palm-branch being kafuth, tied, joined) that I must use the stalk?—Ḥull. 47ᵇ lungs resembling לא׳ a trunk (in color, touch &c.). Ib. 16ᵃ וי"ו דכתיב אא׳ a Vav. written on a trunk (being broken on account of the rough surface = idle-talk).