kupu
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
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kupu f
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kupu. Related to Karelian kupu, Ludian kubu and Veps kubu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kupu
- dome (architectural element)
- dome (an object shaped like an upset bowl)
- canopy (parachute cloth)
- crop, craw (pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds and insects)
- stomach, especially a full or round one
- bulb (rounded solid object)
- (physics) antinode (of a standard wave)
Declension edit
Inflection of kupu (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p-v gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | kuvutta | kuvuitta | ||
instructive | — | kuvuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
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Further reading edit
- “kupu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams edit
Javanese edit
Noun edit
kupu
Maori edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
kupu
- word, vocabulary
- saying, talk
- message, statement
- utterance
- lyric
- (archaic, obsolete) culm (of grass, bamboo)
Verb edit
kupu
- (intransitive) to speak
References edit
Further reading edit
Tokelauan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *kupu. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻupu and Samoan 'upu.
Noun edit
kupu
Verb edit
kupu
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *kupu. Cognates include Tongan kupu and Samoan 'upu.
Noun edit
kupu
References edit
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 169