upo

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English

Upo

Noun

upo

  1. Lagenaria siceraria; a vine grown for its fruit.

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Hokkien (o͘-pû, dark gourd).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: u‧po
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔupo/

Noun

upo

  1. Lagenaria siceraria; a vine grown for its fruit
  2. the young fruit of this plant used as a vegetable; the bottle gourd; the elongated variety of calabash

Cebuano

Etymology

From Hokkien (o͘-pû, dark gourd).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: u‧po
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔupo/

Noun

upo

  1. Lagenaria siceraria; a vine grown for its fruit
  2. the young fruit of this plant used as a vegetable; the bottle gourd; the elongated variety of calabash

Synonyms

Portuguese

Verb

upo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of upar

Spanish

Verb

upo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of upar

Swahili

Verb

upo

  1. second-person singular positive degree present of -wapo (you are (specifically there))
  2. m class(III)/u class(XI) positive degree present of -wapo (it is (specifically there))

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien (ô͘-pû, calabash).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

upo (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓ)

  1. opo squash; calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)
    Synonym: tabayag

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

upô (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓ)

  1. act of sitting
    Synonyms: pag-upo, luklok, pagluklok
  2. sitting position
    Synonyms: pagkakaupo, pagkakaluklok
  3. act or time of assuming the function of an office (of someone newly elected)
Derived terms

Verb

upô (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓ)

  1. immediate imperative mood of umupo

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Interjection

upò (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓ)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of opo

References

  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 136

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