stupa
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa). Doublet of tope.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stupa (plural stupas)
- (Buddhism) A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha.
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
- He mounded so much honey on the top of the buns that they looked like miniature stupas.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Buddhist monument
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See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
stupa (plural stupas)
- A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge).
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
stupa n
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
stupa (present tense stuper or styp, past tense stupte or staup, supine stupt or stope, past participle stupt or stopen, present participle stupande, imperative stup)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stupa n
References edit
- “stupa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stupa f
Declension edit
Declension of stupa
Further reading edit
- stupa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stǫpa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stȕpa f (Cyrillic spelling сту̏па)
- A mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle).
- An application with a hollow vessel to poss cloth, such as a fulling mill.
- A pounding-mill, stamp-mill for grain, the contrivance where corn had to be pounded in hollow blocks before the meal mill has been invented.
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stupa f (plural stupas)
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Swedish stupa, from Proto-Germanic *stūpaną. Cognate of English stoop (“crouch”).
Verb edit
stupa (present stupar, preterite stupade, supine stupat, imperative stupa)
- To fall (head over heels)
- To die or fall (in battle), to be killed in action
- To fall asleep, exhausted (like a fallen warrior)
- To slope steeply.
- branta kalkstensklippor som stupar ner mot de slingrande floderna Dordogne och Vézère.
- steep limestone cliffs that fall down towards the meandering rivers Dordogne and Vézère.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of stupa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | stupa | — | ||
Supine | stupat | — | ||
Imperative | stupa | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | stupen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | stupar | stupade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | stupa | stupade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | stupe | stupade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | stupande | |||
Past participle | stupad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa).
Noun edit
stupa c
- A stupa; a Buddhist monument.
Declension edit
Declension of stupa | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | stupa | stupan | stupor | stuporna |
Genitive | stupas | stupans | stupors | stupornas |
References edit
- stupa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- stupa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- stupa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)