upas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay upas.

Noun

upas (usually uncountable, plural upases)

1. (usually countable) A tree, , of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.
2. (uncountable) A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows derived from the tree.
3. (uncountable) A poison prepared from the climbing plant .

Synonyms

• (Antiaris toxicaria): bohun upas
• (poison from Antiaris toxicaria):
• (poison from Strychnos tieute): upas tieute

Translations

tree

• Malay: pokok upas
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• Russian: анча́р (ru) m (ančár), упа́с m (upás)

poison from Antiaris toxicaria

• Malay: upas (ms)
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poison from Strychnos tieute

• Malay: upas (ms)
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Anagrams

• APUs, AUPs, Apsu, Apus, PUAs, paus, puas

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧pas

Noun

upas

1. the core of a banana trunk

Verb

upas

1. to lose flavor

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /upas/
• Rhymes: -upas, -pas, -as

Noun

upas

1. upas (poison from Antiaris toxicaria)
2. upas (poison from Strychnos tieute)

Synonyms

• ipuh / ipoh

Derived terms

• pokok upas

Descendants

• English: upas

• Russian: упас (upas)

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Spanish

Verb

upas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of upar.

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Tagalog

Noun

upas

1. removing leaves of plants (especially of sugarcane)

Derived terms

• pag-upas

Anagrams

• usap