хупӑ

Chuvash

Noun

хупӑ • (hup̬ă) (plural хупӑсем) 

1. lid
2. bark of a tree

   Synonym: хуйӑр (hujăr)

3. peel
4. shell (of an egg), hull
5. scales (of fish, reptiles, etc.)
6. cover (front and back of a book or a magazine)
7. binding (spine of a book)

Adjective

хупӑ • (hup̬ă)

1. closed (not open)
2. (phonology) closed

   хупӑ сыпӑк ― hup̬ă syp̬ăk ― closed syllable

   хупӑ сасӑ ― hup̬ă sas̬ă ― consonant (literally, “closed sound”)

3. closed (not public)
4. locked
5. covered, sheltered, with a roof, with an awning

Further reading

• “хупӑ”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.