kupu
Czech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkupu f
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *kupu. Related to Karelian kupu, Ludian kubu and Veps kubu.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkupu
- 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
editInflection 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
editcompounds
Related terms
editFurther 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
editJavanese
editNoun
editkupu
Maori
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *kupu (cognates include Hawaiian ʻupu (“thought, recollection”), Tahitian ʻupu (“prayer, invocation”) and Samoan ʻupu),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *puku by metathesis, 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
editNoun
editkupu
- word, vocabulary
- saying, talk
- message, statement
- utterance
- lyric
- (archaic, obsolete) culm (of grass, bamboo)
Verb
editkupu
- (intransitive) to speak
References
editFurther reading
editTokelauan
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *kupu. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻupu and Samoan 'upu.
Noun
editkupu
Verb
editkupu
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *kupu. Cognates include Tongan kupu and Samoan 'upu.
Noun
editkupu
References
edit- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 169
Categories:
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech non-lemma forms
- Czech noun forms
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/upu
- Rhymes:Finnish/upu/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Physics
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Javanese lemmas
- Javanese nouns
- jv:Insects
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maori lemmas
- Maori nouns
- Maori verbs
- Maori intransitive verbs
- Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Tokelauan lemmas
- Tokelauan nouns
- Tokelauan verbs
- Tokelauan stative verbs
- tkl:Language
- tkl:Fruits