rups

Dutch

Alternative forms

• rips (Southern Dutch, dialectal)
• roepe (dialectal, Eastern Netherlands)
• roeps (dialectal, Eastern Netherlands)
• rupse (dialectal)
• rupsene (obsolete)
• rusp (dated, dialectal)
• ruspe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rupse, from earlier rupsene, from Proto-Germanic *rūpō and probably related to *raupijaną.

Related to German Raupe and West Frisian rûp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rʏps/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: rups
• Rhymes: -ʏps

Noun

rups f (plural rupsen, diminutive rupsje n)

1. A caterpillar, the larva of a butterfly.
2. caterpillar, metal alternative for a tire

Hypernyms

• mot
• vlinder

Derived terms

• eikenprocessierups
• livreirups
• processierups
• ringelrups
• rupsband
• rupsenband
• rupsvoertuig
• zijderups

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ruspe

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Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-. Cognates include Latvian rupjš and Lithuanian rupus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rups/

Adjective

rups

1. coarse

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

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Latvian

Adjective

rups (definite rupais, comparative rupāks, superlative visrupākais, adverb rupi)

1. (dialectal) coarse, harsh, rough; Alternative form of rupjš

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of rups

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	rups	rupi		rupa	rupas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	rupu	rupus		rupu	rupas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	rupa	rupu		rupas	rupu
dative (datīvs)	rupam	rupiem		rupai	rupām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	rupu	rupiem		rupu	rupām
locative (lokatīvs)	rupā	rupos		rupā	rupās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—