kupu

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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kupu f

  1. accusative singular of kupa

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kupu. Related to Karelian kupu, Ludian kubu and Veps kubu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkupu/, [ˈkupu]
  • Rhymes: -upu
  • Syllabification(key): ku‧pu

Noun

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kupu

  1. dome (architectural element)
  2. dome (an object shaped like an upset bowl)
  3. canopy (parachute cloth)
  4. crop, craw (pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds and insects)
  5. stomach, especially a full or round one
  6. bulb (rounded solid object)
  7. Synonym of kerä (head) (round clump of leaves, like those of cabbage or lettuce)
  8. (botany) homochlamydeous perianth
  9. (physics) antinode (of a standing wave)

Declension

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Inflection of kupu (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p-v gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of kupu (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p-v gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kupuni kupuni
accusative nom. kupuni kupuni
gen. kupuni
genitive kupuni kupujeni
partitive kupuani kupujani
inessive kuvussani kuvuissani
elative kuvustani kuvuistani
illative kupuuni kupuihini
adessive kuvullani kuvuillani
ablative kuvultani kuvuiltani
allative kuvulleni kuvuilleni
essive kupunani kupuinani
translative kuvukseni kuvuikseni
abessive kuvuttani kuvuittani
instructive
comitative kupuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kupusi kupusi
accusative nom. kupusi kupusi
gen. kupusi
genitive kupusi kupujesi
partitive kupuasi kupujasi
inessive kuvussasi kuvuissasi
elative kuvustasi kuvuistasi
illative kupuusi kupuihisi
adessive kuvullasi kuvuillasi
ablative kuvultasi kuvuiltasi
allative kuvullesi kuvuillesi
essive kupunasi kupuinasi
translative kuvuksesi kuvuiksesi
abessive kuvuttasi kuvuittasi
instructive
comitative kupuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kupumme kupumme
accusative nom. kupumme kupumme
gen. kupumme
genitive kupumme kupujemme
partitive kupuamme kupujamme
inessive kuvussamme kuvuissamme
elative kuvustamme kuvuistamme
illative kupuumme kupuihimme
adessive kuvullamme kuvuillamme
ablative kuvultamme kuvuiltamme
allative kuvullemme kuvuillemme
essive kupunamme kupuinamme
translative kuvuksemme kuvuiksemme
abessive kuvuttamme kuvuittamme
instructive
comitative kupuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kupunne kupunne
accusative nom. kupunne kupunne
gen. kupunne
genitive kupunne kupujenne
partitive kupuanne kupujanne
inessive kuvussanne kuvuissanne
elative kuvustanne kuvuistanne
illative kupuunne kupuihinne
adessive kuvullanne kuvuillanne
ablative kuvultanne kuvuiltanne
allative kuvullenne kuvuillenne
essive kupunanne kupuinanne
translative kuvuksenne kuvuiksenne
abessive kuvuttanne kuvuittanne
instructive
comitative kupuinenne

Derived terms

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compounds
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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Javanese

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Noun

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kupu

  1. a butterfly

Maori

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Etymology

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From 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

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Noun

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kupu

  1. word, vocabulary
  2. saying, talk
  3. message, statement
  4. utterance
  5. lyric
  6. (archaic, obsolete) culm (of grass, bamboo)

Verb

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kupu

  1. (intransitive) to speak

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 184
  2. ^ “Kohe, Kohekohe”, in Te Māra Reo[2], Benson Family Trust, 2023

Further reading

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  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “kupu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 183
  • kupu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Tokelauan

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈku.pu]
  • Hyphenation: ku‧pu

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *kupu. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻupu and Samoan 'upu.

Noun

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kupu

  1. word
  2. statement
  3. remark

Verb

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kupu

  1. (stative) to be obedient

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Te kupu (2).

From Proto-Polynesian *kupu. Cognates include Tongan kupu and Samoan 'upu.

Noun

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kupu

  1. pandanus fruit

References

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 169