chupa

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See also: chupá

English

Etymology 1

Noun

chupa (plural chupas or chupot)

  1. Alternative form of chuppah

Etymology 2

From Philippine Spanish chupa, probably from Malay cupak.

Noun

chupa (plural chupas)

  1. (Philippines, historical) A unit of volume equivalent to around 375 mL.

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1850. From Spanish chupa, from French jupe; ultimately from Arabic جبة. Doublet of xibón.

Pronunciation

Noun

chupa m (plural chupas)

  1. doublet; jacket

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “jubón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Irish

Noun

chupa m sg

  1. Lenited form of cupa.

Macanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay cupak (pronounced /t͡ʃupaʔ/). First documented in the Ou-Mun Kei Leok published in 1751.

Noun

chupa

  1. wooden or bamboo cylinder, closed at one end, formerly used to measure dry goods such as rice or beans, as well as liquids like milk

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with chupâ (to suck).

Derived terms

References

  • Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “chupa”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 409

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese chupar and Spanish chupar and Kabuverdianu tchupa.

Verb

chupa

  1. to suck

Portuguese

Verb

chupa

  1. inflection of chupar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Quechua

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: chu‧pa

Noun

chupa

  1. tail

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

chupa m sg

  1. Lenited form of cupa.

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cupa chupa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃupa/
  • Rhymes: -upa
  • Syllabification: chu‧pa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French jupe.

Noun

chupa f (plural chupas)

  1. leather jacket
    Synonyms: chaqueta, cazadora

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chupa

  1. inflection of chupar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Probably from Malay cupak.

Noun

chupa f (plural chupas)

  1. (Philippines, historical) chupa (unit of volume)
Descendants
  • English: chupa

Further reading

Swahili

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Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: chu‧pa

Noun

chupa (n class, plural chupa)

  1. bottle, vial

Derived terms

Descendants