stupa

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Sanskrit सतूप.

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  • IPA: /ˈstuːpə/

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Singular
stupa

Plural
stupas

stupa (plural stupas)

  1. 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.

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stȕpa f. (Cyrillic spelling сту̏па)

  1. mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle)

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Inflection for stupa Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stupa stupan stupor stuporna
Genitive stupas stupans stupors stupornas

stupa c.

  1. stupa

[edit] Verb

Conjugations of stupa
Infinitive stupa
Present tense stupar
Past tense stupade
Supine stupat
Imperative stupa
Present participle stupande,
stupandes
Past participle stupad
  1. 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.
  2. To fall asleep, exhausted.

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die

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