kupe
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch coupé (“coupé”), from French coupé (an elliptical form of carosse coupé (“cut carriage”)), the past participle of couper (“to cut”). Doublet of kup.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kupé (plural kupe-kupe, first-person possessive kupeku, second-person possessive kupemu, third-person possessive kupenya)
- coupé: the front compartment of a railway carriage.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kupe” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
kupe m (definite singular kupeen, indefinite plural kupeer, definite plural kupeene)
- alternative spelling of kupé
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
kupe m (definite singular kupeen, indefinite plural kupear, definite plural kupeane)
- alternative spelling of kupé
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kupe m (Cyrillic spelling купе)
Noun edit
kupe (Cyrillic spelling купе)
- inflection of kupa:
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
kupe (n class, plural kupe)
- tick (arthropod)
- (derogatory) a white-collar worker who depends on the work of others to survive