lūpa

See also: lupa, Lupa, łupa, lupą, lupã, lupă, and lūpā

Latvian

Lūpas

Etymology

From the same stem as the verbs lupt (“to peel, to come off”), lupināt (“to peel (tr.)”): Proto-Baltic *lūp-, *lup-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewp-, *lūp-, *lup- (“to pare, to peel, to break off”). The meaning evolved from “peeled off; puckered” to “puckered lips” and then simly “lips.” Cognates include Lithuanian lū́pa, Middle High German lubbe (“thick, puckered lip(s)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lūːpa]

• Audio:

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Noun

lūpa f (4th declension)

1. (anatomy) lip

   pilnīgas, plānas lūpas ― full, thin lips

   augšējā lūpa ― the upper lip

   apakšējā lūpa ― the lower lip

   lūpu krāsa, lūpu pomāde ― lipstick

   ar smaidu uz lūpām ― with a smile on the lips

   iekost lūpā ― to bite one's lips

   kaunuma lūpas ― labia (lit. genital lips)

   zaķa lūpa ― harelip (congenital malformation)

Declension

Declension of lūpa (4th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	lūpa	lūpas
genitive	lūpas	lūpu
dative	lūpai	lūpām
accusative	lūpu	lūpas
instrumental	lūpu	lūpām
locative	lūpā	lūpās
vocative	lūpa	lūpas

See also

• mute

Lithuanian

Noun

lū́pa f (plural lū́pos) stress pattern 1

1. lip

Declension

Declension of lū́pa

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	lū́pa	lū́pos
genitive (kilmininkas)	lū́pos	lū́pų
dative (naudininkas)	lū́pai	lū́poms
accusative (galininkas)	lū́pą	lū́pas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	lū́pa	lū́pomis
locative (vietininkas)	lū́poje	lū́pose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	lū́pa	lū́pos

See also

• burna