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Bima

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

upa

  1. four

Brooke's Point Palawano

Noun

upa

  1. hen

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

upa

  1. hen; female chicken

Ibaloi

Noun

upa

  1. hen; female chicken

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈʔupa/
  • Rhymes: -upa
  • Syllabification: u‧pa

Noun

upa

  1. hen; female chicken

Kayapa Kallahan

Noun

upa

  1. hen; female chicken

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

upa

  1. hen; female chicken

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

upa (non-possessed form tupa)

  1. bed

Possessed forms

Pitjantjatjara

Adjective

upa

  1. weak

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Interjection

upa!

  1. giddyup (instruction for a horse to move faster)
    Synonyms: eia, epa

Etymology 2

Verb

upa

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

Quechua

Adjective

upa

  1. stupid, dumb, useless
  2. deaf, mute

Noun

upa

  1. fool, idiot
  2. covered or plugged hole

Declension

Shabo

Adjective

upa

  1. other

Spanish

Verb

upa

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

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-. Compare Lithuanian ùpė, Latvian upe, Old Prussian ape.[1][2]

Noun

upa

  1. river

References

  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 80:upa ‘upė, l. rzeka’ 92.
  2. ^ ùpė” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. upa sf. ‘Fluss’”.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely a borrowing from Malay upah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *upaq (compensation, reward).

Pronunciation

Noun

upa (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉ)

  1. rent; lease
    Synonyms: renta, arkila, bayad
  2. act of renting something
    Synonyms: pagrenta, arkila, pag-arkila, pag-upa
  3. payment for hiring someone
    Synonyms: bayad, kabayaran
  4. act of hiring someone
    Synonym: pag-upa
  5. (obsolete) pay; salary
    Synonyms: sahod, suweldo

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

upa

  1. (stative) to be hot

Conjugation

Conjugation of upa
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toupa foupa miupa
2nd noupa niupa
3rd Masculine oupa iupa, youpa
Feminine moupa
Neuter iupa
- archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *upa. Cognates include Estonian uba.

Pronunciation

Noun

upa

  1. bean

Inflection

Declension of upa (type V/poikõ, p-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative upa uvad
genitive uva upijõ, upii
partitive uppa upiitõ, upii
illative uppasõ, uppa upiisõ
inessive uvaz upiiz
elative uvassõ upiissõ
allative uvalõ upiilõ
adessive uvallõ upiillõ
ablative uvaltõ upiiltõ
translative uvassi upiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “upa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Waray-Waray

Noun

upá

  1. gift
  2. chaff of rice grain

Yogad

Noun

upa

  1. hen

Yola

Preposition

upa

  1. Alternative form of apan
    • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 4:
      Fan a truckle ee zhoulthered too nigh upa ditch.
      When the car it moved too near to the ditch.
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 2:
      Thaay heighed upa Buckeen twi hours avar dawn,
      They mounted on Buckeen two hours before dawn.
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 5:
      "Faad thay goul ez upa thee, thou stouk" co Billeen,
      "What the divil is on you, you fool?" quoth Billy;
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 7:
      Wi spur upa heelhay gaed him a goad,
      With a spur on his heel, he gave him a goad,
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 9:
      Fan Sooney shu tumbled vlat upa road.
      And Alice she tumbled flat on the road.
    • 1927, “THE FORTH MAN'S GRACE AFTER A SCANTY DINNER”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 137, line 1:
      "Twi baare bones upa a baare dish,

References

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland