kipu

kipu (plural kipus)

1. Alternative form of quipu

• UKIP, puki

From Proto-Finnic *kipu. Equivalent to kipeä (“sore, painful; ill, sick”) +‎ -u.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkipu/,
• Rhymes: -ipu
• Hyphenation^(key): ki‧pu

kipu

1. pain, ache, hurt (bodily suffering, sometimes also figuratively other kinds of suffering)

   Synonyms: särky (“ache”), tuska (“strong pain, anguish”)

• “kipu”, 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

• puki

From Proto-Finnic *kipu, equivalent to kippiä (“aching”) +‎ -u. Cognates include Finnish kipu and Veps kibu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkipu/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkipu/,
• Rhymes: -ipu
• Hyphenation: ki‧pu

kipu

1. pain

• vaiva

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 164

kipu

1. fish trap made from rattan

• khipu (Cuzco-Collao)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪ.pʊ/
  • (Ayacucho) IPA^(key):
  • (Cuzco-Collao) IPA^(key):

kipu

1. knot (looping of a piece of string)
2. quipu (recording device, used by the Incas, consisting of intricate knotted cords)

• → Spanish: quipu
  • → English: quipu, khipu, quipo
  • → French: quipou, quipu
  • → Japanese: キープ (kīpu)
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: quipu
  • → Romanian: quipu