kupu

kupu

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkupu]

Noun

kupu f

1. accusative singular of kupa

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kupu. Related to Karelian kupu, Ludian kubu and Veps kubu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkupu/, [ˈkupu]
• Rhymes: -upu
• Syllabification^(key): ku‧pu

Noun

kupu

1. dome (architectural element)
2. dome (an object shaped like an upset bowl)
3. canopy (parachute cloth)
4. crop, craw (pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds and insects)
5. stomach, especially a full or round one
6. bulb (rounded solid object)
7. (physics) antinode (of a standard wave)

Declension

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
instructive		—	kuvuin
abessive		kuvutta	kuvuitta
comitative		—	kupuineen

Possessive forms of kupu (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kupuni	kupumme
2nd person	kupusi	kupunne
3rd person	kupunsa

Related terms

• kupera

Anagrams

• puku

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Javanese

Noun

kupu

1. a butterfly

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kupu by metathesis (cognates include Hawaiian ʻupu, Tahitian upu and Samoan 'upu),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *puku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh (compare with Malay buku). Sense of "word" comes from metaphorical comparison of segments of written speech with culms of bamboo.[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.pu/

Noun

kupu

1. word, vocabulary
2. saying, talk
3. message, statement
4. utterance
5. lyric
6. (archaic, obsolete) culm (of grass, bamboo)

Verb

kupu

1. (intransitive) to speak

References

1. Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 184
2. “Kohe, Kohekohe”, in Te Māra Reo‎, Benson Family Trust, 2023

Further reading

• “kupu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

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Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.pu/
• Hyphenation: ku‧pu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *kupu. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻupu and Samoan 'upu.

Noun

kupu

1. word
2. statement
3. remark

Verb

kupu

1. (stative) to be obedient

Derived terms

• kupu tomua

 

Etymology 2

Te kupu (2).

From Proto-Polynesian *kupu. Cognates include Tongan kupu and Samoan 'upu.

Noun

kupu

1. pandanus fruit

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 169