kup

See also: kúp, kùp, and küp

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Kunimaipa.

Symbol

kup

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kunimaipa.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kunimaipa terms

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkup]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech kup. By surface analysis, deverbal from koupit.

Noun

kup m inan

1. (literary) alternative form of koupě

Declension

Declension of kup (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kup	kupy
genitive	kupu	kupů
dative	kupu	kupům
accusative	kup	kupy
vocative	kupe	kupy
locative	kupu	kupech
instrumental	kupem	kupy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kup f

1. genitive plural of kupa

Verb

kup

1. second-person singular imperative of koupit

Verb

kup

1. second-person singular imperative of kupit

Further reading

• “kup”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kup”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French coup.

Noun

kup n (singular definite kuppet, plural indefinite kup)

1. coup

Inflection

Declension of kup

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kup	kuppet	kup	kuppene
genitive	kups	kuppets	kups	kuppenes

Further reading

• “kup” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkup/ [ˈkʊp̚]
• Rhymes: -up
• Syllabification: kup

Etymology 1

From Dutch coupé (“coupé”), from French coupé (an elliptical form of carosse coupé (“cut carriage”)), the past participle of couper (“to cut”). Doublet of kupe.

Noun

kup (plural kup-kup)

1. howdah

Related terms

• kupe
• kupir
• kupon

Etymology 2

From Dutch coup, from French coup (“blow, strike”), from Old French colp, from Vulgar Latin *colpus, from Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos).

Noun

kup (plural kup-kup)

1. (uncommon) synonym of kudeta (“coup, coup d'état”)

Further reading

• “kup”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkup/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈkup/, /ˈkupʲ/

• Rhymes: -up
• Syllabification: kup
• Homophone: kóp

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Old Polish kup

Polish kup

Inherited from Old Polish kup. By surface analysis, deverbal from kupić.

Noun

kup m inan

1. (Middle Polish, business) synonym of kupno (“purchase”)

Declension

Attested forms of kup

	singular	plural
nominative	kup	—
genitive	kupu	—
dative	—	—
accusative	kup	—
instrumental	kupem/kupm	—
locative	kupie	—
vocative	—	—

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kup f

1. genitive plural of kupa

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kup

1. second-person singular imperative of kupić

Further reading

• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “kup”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “KUP”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], (Can we date this quote?)
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1808), “kup”, in Słownik języka polskiego, volume 1b, page 1184
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “kup”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861, volume I, page 565
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “kup”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 634

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kûp/
• Hyphenation: kȕp

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kùpъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kā́ˀupas, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂wpos, from *keh₂wp-.

Noun

kȕp m inan (Cyrillic spelling ку̏п)

1. heap (pile)

Declension

Declension of kup

	singular	plural
nominative	kȕp	kȕpovi
genitive	kùpa	kupova
dative	kupu	kupovima
accusative	kup	kupove
vocative	kupe	kupovi
locative	kupu	kupovima
instrumental	kupom	kupovima

Further reading

• “kup”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cup.

Noun

kȕp m inan (Cyrillic spelling ку̏п)

1. cup (trophy)
2. cup (contest)

Declension

Declension of kup

	singular	plural
nominative	kȕp	kùpovi
genitive	kupa	kupova
dative	kupu	kupovima
accusative	kup	kupove
vocative	kupe	kupovi
locative	kupu	kupovima
instrumental	kupom	kupovima

Further reading

• “kup”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kupъ. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kúp/

Noun

kȕp m inan

1. heap, pile

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kùp
gen. sing.	kúpa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kùp	kúpa	kúpi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kúpa	kúpov	kúpov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kúpu	kúpoma	kúpom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kùp	kúpa	kúpe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kúpu	kúpih	kúpih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kúpom	kúpoma	kúpi

Further reading

• “kup”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kup”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

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Noun

kup

1. (western dialect) buttocks

Synonyms

• byain
• motop (eastern dialect)