stupa
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈstuːpə/
[edit] Noun
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stupa (plural stupas)
- A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha.
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
- He mounded so much honey on the top of the buns that they looked like miniature stupas.
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
[edit] Translations
a dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha
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[edit] See also
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
[edit] Noun
stȕpa f. (Cyrillic spelling сту̏па)
- mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle)
[edit] Declension
declension of stupa
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | stupa | stupe |
| genitive | stupe | stupa |
| dative | stupi | stupama |
| accusative | stupu | stupe |
| vocative | stupo | stupe |
| locative | stupi | stupama |
| instrumental | stupom | stupama |
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Noun
| Inflection for stupa | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | stupa | stupan | stupor | stuporna |
| Genitive | stupas | stupans | stupors | stupornas |
stupa c.
[edit] Verb
| Conjugations of stupa | ||
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| Infinitive | stupa | |
| Present tense | stupar | |
| Past tense | stupade | |
| Supine | stupat | |
| Imperative | stupa | |
| Present participle | stupande, stupandes |
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| Past participle | stupad | |
- To die or fall (in battle), to be killed in action.
- Den tredje söndagen i maj är de stupades dag i Finland - The third Sunday in May is the Day of the Fallen in Finland.
- To fall asleep, exhausted.
[edit] Synonyms
- die