See also: chupá

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

chupa (plural chupas or chupot)

  1. Alternative form of chuppah

Etymology 2 edit

From Philippine Spanish chupa, probably from Malay cupak.

Noun edit

chupa (plural chupas)

  1. (Philippines, historical) A unit of volume equivalent to around 375 mL.

Anagrams edit

Galician edit

Etymology edit

Attested since circa 1850. From Spanish chupa, from French jupe; ultimately from Arabic جبة.[1] Doublet of xibón.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

chupa m (plural chupas)

  1. doublet; jacket

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “jubón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Irish edit

Noun edit

chupa m sg

  1. Lenited form of cupa.

Macanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Malay cupak (pronounced /t͡ʃupaʔ/). First documented in the Ou-Mun Kei Leok published in 1751.

Noun edit

chupa

  1. wooden or bamboo cylinder, closed at one end, formerly used to measure dry goods such as rice or beans, as well as liquids like milk

Usage notes edit

  • Not to be confused with chupâ (to suck).

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “chupa”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 409

Papiamentu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese chupar and Spanish chupar and Kabuverdianu tchupa.

Verb edit

chupa

  1. to suck

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

chupa

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

Quechua edit

Pronunciation edit

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  • Hyphenation: chu‧pa

Noun edit

chupa

  1. tail

Declension edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Noun edit

chupa m sg

  1. Lenited form of cupa.

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cupa chupa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃupa/ [ˈt͡ʃu.pa]
  • Rhymes: -upa
  • Syllabification: chu‧pa

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French jupe.

Noun edit

chupa f (plural chupas)

  1. leather jacket
    Synonyms: chaqueta, cazadora

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

chupa

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

Etymology 3 edit

Probably from Malay cupak.

Noun edit

chupa f (plural chupas)

  1. (Philippines, historical) chupa (unit of volume)
Descendants edit
  • English: chupa

Further reading edit

Swahili edit

 
 
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Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: chu‧pa

Noun edit

chupa (n class, plural chupa)

  1. bottle, vial

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit