stupa

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See also: stupă, stupã, and stupą

English

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The main stupa of Kuthodaw Pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa). Doublet of tope.

Pronunciation

Noun

stupa (plural stupas)

  1. (Buddhism) A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha.
    • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
      He mounded so much honey on the top of the buns that they looked like miniature stupas.
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Etymology 2

Noun

stupa (plural stupas)

  1. A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge).

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

stupa n

  1. definite plural of stup

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stúpa.

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Pronunciation

Verb

stupa (present tense stuper or styp, past tense stupte or staup, supine stupt or stope, past participle stupt or stopen, present participle stupande, imperative stup)

  1. To dive (jump head-first)
  2. To fall suddenly, fall in battle.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

stupa n

  1. definite plural of stup

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Polish

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stupa

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstu.pa/
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  • Rhymes: -upa
  • Syllabification: stu‧pa

Noun

stupa f

  1. (Buddhism) stupa (dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha)

Declension

Declension of stupa
singular plural
nominative stupa stupy
genitive stupy stup
dative stupie stupom
accusative stupę stupy
instrumental stupą stupami
locative stupie stupach
vocative stupo stupy

Further reading

  • stupa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stǫpa.

Pronunciation

Noun

stȕpa f (Cyrillic spelling сту̏па)

  1. A mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle).
  2. An application with a hollow vessel to poss cloth, such as a fulling mill.
  3. A pounding-mill, stamp-mill for grain, the contrivance where corn had to be pounded in hollow blocks before the meal mill has been invented.

Declension

Declension of stupa
singular plural
nominative stupa stupe
genitive stupe stupa
dative stupi stupama
accusative stupu stupe
vocative stupo stupe
locative stupi stupama
instrumental stupom stupama

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

stupa f (plural stupas)

  1. stupa

Swedish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish stupa, from Proto-Germanic *stūpaną. Cognate of English stoop (“crouch”).

Verb

stupa (present stupar, preterite stupade, supine stupat, imperative stupa)

  1. To fall (head over heels)
  2. To die or fall (in battle), to be killed in action
    Synonyms: falla, dö
    Den tredje söndagen i maj är de stupades dag i Finland
    The third Sunday in May is the Day of the Fallen in Finland
  3. To fall asleep, exhausted (like a fallen warrior)
  4. To slope steeply.
    branta kalkstensklippor som stupar ner mot de slingrande floderna Dordogne och Vézère.
    steep limestone cliffs that fall down towards the meandering rivers Dordogne and Vézère.
Conjugation
Conjugation of stupa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive stupa —
Supine stupat —
Imperative stupa —
Imper. plural1 stupen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative stupar stupade — —
Ind. plural1 stupa stupade — —
Subjunctive2 stupe stupade — —
Participles
Present participle stupande
Past participle stupad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa).

Noun

stupa c

  1. A stupa; a Buddhist monument.
Declension
Declension of stupa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stupa stupan stupor stuporna
Genitive stupas stupans stupors stupornas

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