kupu

• IPA^(key): [ˈkupu]

kupu f

1. accusative singular of kupa

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

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

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. (physics) antinode (of a standard wave)

• kupera

• “kupu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

• puku

kupu

1. a butterfly

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]

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.pu/

kupu

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

kupu

1. (intransitive) to speak

• “kupu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

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

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

kupu

1. word
2. statement
3. remark

kupu

1. (stative) to be obedient

Te kupu (2).

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

kupu

1. pandanus fruit

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