pupu

See also: pu pu, pūpū, and pupù

English

Noun

pupu (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of pu pu
    • 2009, Roger Haden, Food Culture in the Pacific Islands (page 136)
      The tradition of pupu and cocktail parties naturally suited the lifestyle of people on holiday and for whom socializing was high on the agenda, particularly in an exotic location like Hawaii.

Balinese

Romanization

pupu

  1. Romanization of ᬧᬸᬧᬸ
  2. Romanization of ᬧᬸᬧᬹ

Finnish

Etymology

A back-formation from puputtaa.[1] Originally probably child speak.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pupu

  1. (childish) bunny, rabbit, hare

Declension

Inflection of pupu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative pupu puput
genitive pupun pupujen
partitive pupua pupuja
illative pupuun pupuihin
singular plural
nominative pupu puput
accusative nom. pupu puput
gen. pupun
genitive pupun pupujen
partitive pupua pupuja
inessive pupussa pupuissa
elative pupusta pupuista
illative pupuun pupuihin
adessive pupulla pupuilla
ablative pupulta pupuilta
allative pupulle pupuille
essive pupuna pupuina
translative pupuksi pupuiksi
instructive pupuin
abessive puputta pupuitta
comitative pupuineen
Possessive forms of pupu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person pupuni pupumme
2nd person pupusi pupunne
3rd person pupunsa

Synonyms

References

  1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese pupu.

Noun

pupu

  1. thigh

Latvian

Noun

pupu f

  1. accusative singular form of pupa
  2. instrumental singular form of pupa
  3. genitive plural form of pupa

Noun

pupu m

  1. accusative singular form of pups
  2. instrumental singular form of pups
  3. genitive plural form of pups

Old Javanese

Noun

pupu

  1. thigh

Quechua

Noun

pupu

  1. navel

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pupu (Cyrillic spelling пупу)

  1. dative/locative singular of pup

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English poo-poo.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pu‧pu
  • IPA(key): /ˈpupuʔ/, [ˈpu.pʊʔ]

Noun

pupù

  1. (childish, slang) feces; poop
    Synonym: aa

Usage notes

  • Pupu is typically used on children's speech or child-directed speech, but may also appear as slang. It is less vulgar than the more common word tae.
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