குப்பி

Tamil

Etymology

Borrowed from Indo-Aryan, Cognate with Malayalam കുപ്പി (kuppi, “bottle”), Hindi कुप्पी (kuppī), कूपी (kūpī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊpːɪ/, [kʊpːi]

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Noun

குப்பி • (kuppi)

1. bottle, vial, flask
2. cowdung

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “குப்பி”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]