upu

Japanese

Romanization

upu

1. Rōmaji transcription of うぷ

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *uputupô; compare Apalaí upuhpo, upuhpy, Trió putupë, Wayana uputpë, Carijona hutuhë, Waiwai pïtho, Ye'kwana ju'jö, Akawaio pu'pö, 'pai, Pemon 'pai.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [uppu]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [uːpu]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [uʔpu]

Noun

upu (possessed upùpo, plural upùsan)

1. head

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 414
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ɂterm”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 480; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 470