kupu
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kupu f
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kupu. Related to Karelian kupu, Ludian kubu and Veps kubu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kupu
- dome (architectural element)
- dome (an object shaped like an upset bowl)
- canopy (parachute cloth)
- crop, craw (pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds and insects)
- stomach, especially a full or round one
- bulb (rounded solid object)
- synonym of kerä (“head”) (round clump of leaves, like those of cabbage or lettuce)
- (botany) homochlamydeous perianth
- (physics) antinode (of a standing wave)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of kupu (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p–v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kupu | kuvut | |
| genitive | kuvun | kupujen | |
| partitive | kupua | kupuja | |
| illative | kupuun | kupuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kupu | kuvut | |
| accusative | nom. | kupu | kuvut |
| gen. | kuvun | ||
| genitive | kuvun | kupujen | |
| partitive | kupua | kupuja | |
| inessive | kuvussa | kuvuissa | |
| elative | kuvusta | kuvuista | |
| illative | kupuun | kupuihin | |
| adessive | kuvulla | kuvuilla | |
| ablative | kuvulta | kuvuilta | |
| allative | kuvulle | kuvuille | |
| essive | kupuna | kupuina | |
| translative | kuvuksi | kuvuiksi | |
| abessive | kuvutta | kuvuitta | |
| instructive | — | kuvuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kupu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Anagrams
[edit]Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *tupu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq (compare Malay tumbuh).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kupu(intransitive)
Derived terms
[edit]- hoʻokupu (verb)
- kupu wale (“occur by chance”, verb)
- kupukupu (“surge forth”, verb)
- kupuna (“starting point”)
Noun
[edit]kupu
Derived terms
[edit]- kupukupu (“fishbone fern”)
Further reading
[edit]- kupu in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
Javanese
[edit]Noun
[edit]kupu
Māori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *kupu,[1][2] from Proto-Central Pacific *kupu, from Proto-Oceanic *puku via metathesis, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh (“joint, knuckle”). Cognates include Hawaiian ʻupu (“thought, recollection”), Tahitian ʻupu (“prayer, invocation”) and Samoan ʻupu. Sense of “word” comes from metaphorical comparison of segments of speech with the jointed culms of bamboo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kupu
- word, vocabulary
- saying, talk
- message, statement
- utterance
- lyric
- (archaic, obsolete) culm (of grass, bamboo)
Verb
[edit]kupu
- (intransitive) to speak
Derived terms
[edit]- kupukupu (“speak at length”, verb)
References
[edit]- ^ “Kohe, Kohekohe”, in Te Māra Reo[1], Benson Family Trust, 2026
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “KUPU”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
Further reading
[edit]- Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kupu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 183
- John C. Moorfield (2011), “kupu”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN
Tokelauan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *kupu. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻupu and Samoan 'upu.
Noun
[edit]kupu
Verb
[edit]kupu
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *kupu. Cognates include Tongan kupu and Samoan 'upu.
Noun
[edit]kupu
References
[edit]- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 169
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Finnish/upu
- Rhymes:Finnish/upu/2 syllables
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- fi:Botany
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