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tupe

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See also: tupé, TUPE, and Túpe

Estonian

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Noun

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tupe

  1. genitive singular of tupp

Lower Sorbian

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Adjective

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tupe

  1. inflection of tupy:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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tupe m (definite singular tupeen, indefinite plural tupeer, definite plural tupeene)

  1. alternative spelling of tupé

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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tupe m (definite singular tupeen, indefinite plural tupear, definite plural tupeane)

  1. alternative spelling of tupé

Samoan

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Semantic broadening of toy into money has parallels in Tongan paʻanga plus Fijian lavo and ilavo.[1]

Noun

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tupe

  1. St. Thomas bean, Entada phaseoloides
  2. disk made from coconut used in game of throwing called lafoga
  3. money

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orans, Martin, Pouesi, Daniel (1987) “Lafoga Tupe an Ethno-Historical Account of a Polynesian Game”, in Anthropos[1], volume 82, number 1/3, pages 41–2

Spanish

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Verb

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tupe

  1. inflection of tupir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tupé, from French toupet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tupé (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜉᜒ)

  1. toupee
    Synonym: tambulok

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West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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tupe

  1. to open

Conjugation

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Conjugation of tupe (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person totupe motupe atupe
2nd person notupe fotupe
3rd person inanimate itupe dotupe
animate
imperative nutupe, tupe futupe, tupe

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics