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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
upas (usually uncountable, plural upases)
- (usually countable) A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.
- 1818, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 11, in Nightmare Abbey, Hookham, published 1818:
- [I]t is an all-blasting upas, whose root is earth, and whose leaves are the skies which rain their poison-dews upon mankind.
- (uncountable) A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows derived from the tree.
- (uncountable) A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute.
Synonyms[edit]
- (Antiaris toxicaria): bohun upas
- (poison from Antiaris toxicaria):
- (poison from Strychnos tieute): upas tieute
Translations[edit]
tree
Anagrams[edit]
Bikol Central[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
úpas (Basahan spelling ᜂᜉᜐ᜔)
See also[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
úpas
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
upás
- to lose flavor
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *upas.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
upas (Jawi spelling اوڤس, plural upas-upas, informal 1st possessive upasku, 2nd possessive upasmu, 3rd possessive upasnya)
- upas (poison from Antiaris toxicaria)
- upas (poison from Strychnos tieute)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “upas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
upas
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
upas
Tagalog[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: u‧pas
- IPA(key): /ˈʔupas/, [ˈʔu.pɐs] (noun: act)
- IPA(key): /ʔuˈpas/, [ʔʊˈpas] (adjective, noun: condition)
Noun[edit]
upas (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜐ᜔)
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
upás (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜐ᜔)
Noun[edit]
upás (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜐ᜔)
Anagrams[edit]
Ternate[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Dutch oppas, possibly through Indonesian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
upas
References[edit]
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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