kupu

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkupu]

Noun

kupu f

  1. accusative singular of kupa

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kupu. Related to Karelian kupu, Ludian kubu and Veps kubu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkupu/, [ˈkupu]
  • Rhymes: -upu
  • Syllabification(key): ku‧pu

Noun

kupu

  1. dome (architectural element)
  2. dome (an object shaped like an upset bowl)
  3. canopy (parachute cloth)
  4. crop, craw (pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds and insects)
  5. stomach, especially a full or round one
  6. bulb (rounded solid object)
  7. (physics) antinode (of a standard wave)

Declension
Inflection of kupu (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p-v gradation)
nominative kupu kuvut
genitive kuvun kupujen
partitive kupua kupuja
illative kupuun kupuihin
singular plural
nominative kupu kuvut
accusative nom. kupu kuvut
gen. kuvun
genitive kuvun kupujen
partitive kupua kupuja
inessive kuvussa kuvuissa
elative kuvusta kuvuista
illative kupuun kupuihin
adessive kuvulla kuvuilla
ablative kuvulta kuvuilta
allative kuvulle kuvuille
essive kupuna kupuina
translative kuvuksi kuvuiksi
instructive — kuvuin
abessive kuvutta kuvuitta
comitative — kupuineen
Possessive forms of kupu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person kupuni kupumme
2nd person kupusi kupunne
3rd person kupunsa

Anagrams

Javanese

Noun

kupu

  1. a butterfly

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kupu by metathesis (cognates include Hawaiian ʻupu, Tahitian upu and Samoan 'upu),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *puku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh (compare with Malay buku). Sense of "word" comes from metaphorical comparison of segments of written speech with culms of bamboo.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈku.pu/

Noun

kupu

  1. word, vocabulary
  2. saying, talk
  3. message, statement
  4. utterance
  5. lyric
  6. (archaic, obsolete) culm (of grass, bamboo)

Verb

kupu

  1. (intransitive) to speak

References
  1. Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 184
  2. “Kohe, Kohekohe”, in Te Māra Reo‎, Benson Family Trust, 2023

Further reading
  • “kupu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Tokelauan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈku.pu/
  • Hyphenation: ku‧pu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *kupu. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻupu and Samoan 'upu.

Noun

kupu

  1. word
  2. statement
  3. remark

Verb

kupu

  1. (stative) to be obedient

Derived terms

Etymology 2
Te kupu (2).

From Proto-Polynesian *kupu. Cognates include Tongan kupu and Samoan 'upu.

Noun

kupu

  1. pandanus fruit

References
  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 169
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