kupya

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay kopiah, from Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kūfiyya). Compare Kapampangan kupia.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kupˈjaʔ/ [kʊpˈjaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: kup‧ya

Noun

kupyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜉ᜔ᜌ)

1. hat

   Synonyms: sombrero, kalo

2. (colloquial, dated) house with galvanized iron roofing (during the early American occupation)
3. helmet (hard and protective head covering)

   Synonyms: almete, helmet

   1. pith sun helmet

      Synonyms: bastipol, sebastipol

   2. native sun helmet with a wide brim

      Synonym: salukot

Alternative forms

• copya — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Derived terms

• mangupya
• mapangupya
• pakupya

 

See also

• salakot
• sambalilo

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkupja/ [ˈkup.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -upja
• Syllabification: kup‧ya

Noun

kupya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜉ᜔ᜌ)

1. Alternative form of kopya

Further reading

• “kupya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 332