kupa

See also: kúpa and kupą

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧pa

Noun

kupa

1. a grade

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kupa, originally from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- from *kew-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkupa]
• Hyphenation: ku‧pa

Noun

kupa f

1. heap

   dát něco do kupy ― to put something in order, to fix something up

   Dej se do kupy. ― Pull it together.

Declension

Declension of kupa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	kupa	kupy
genitive	kupy	kup
dative	kupě	kupám
accusative	kupu	kupy
vocative	kupo	kupy
locative	kupě	kupách
instrumental	kupou	kupami

Derived terms

• kupit
• kupovitý
• nakupit
• seskupit
• skupenství
• skupina

 

See also

• kopa

Further reading

• “kupa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kupa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kupa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkupɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ku‧pa
• Rhymes: -pɒ

Noun

kupa (plural kupák)

1. cup, goblet, tankard
2. cup, trophy

   Synonym: serleg

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kupa	kupák
accusative	kupát	kupákat
dative	kupának	kupáknak
instrumental	kupával	kupákkal
causal-final	kupáért	kupákért
translative	kupává	kupákká
terminative	kupáig	kupákig
essive-formal	kupaként	kupákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kupában	kupákban
superessive	kupán	kupákon
adessive	kupánál	kupáknál
illative	kupába	kupákba
sublative	kupára	kupákra
allative	kupához	kupákhoz
elative	kupából	kupákból
delative	kupáról	kupákról
ablative	kupától	kupáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kupáé	kupáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kupáéi	kupákéi

Possessive forms of kupa
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kupám	kupáim
2nd person sing.	kupád	kupáid
3rd person sing.	kupája	kupái
1st person plural	kupánk	kupáink
2nd person plural	kupátok	kupáitok
3rd person plural	kupájuk	kupáik

Further reading

• kupa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Japhug

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.pa/

Noun

kupa

1. (Kamnyu) Chinese; Han (person)

Derived terms

• kupajmɤɣ
• kuparmbatɕɯβ
• kupaskɤt
• kupastaχpɯ
• kupastoʁ
• kupaŋga

 

Lower Sorbian

Noun

kupa f

1. island

Declension

Declension of kupa

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kupa	kupje	kupy
Genitive	kupy	kupowu	kupow
Dative	kupje	kupoma	kupam
Accusative	kupu	kupje	kupy
Instrumental	kupu	kupoma	kupami
Locative	kupje	kupoma	kupach

References

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kupa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

psia kupa

kupa kredy

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kupa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.pa/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈku.pa/
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈku.pa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -upa
• Syllabification: ku‧pa

Noun

kupa f (diminutive kupka or kupcia, augmentative kupsko, related adjective kupowy)

1. heap
2. (colloquial or dialectal, Przemyśl) poo, poop, turd

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kupa

   Na chodniku leżała psia kupa. ― There was a dog turd on the sidewalk.

3. (colloquial or dialectal, Przemyśl) group, crowd
   • 1886, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Potop, volume 1:

     […] można było odróżnić obcych żołnierzy, wieśniaków, niewiasty ciągnione przez rajtarów i broniących się bezładnymi kupami mężów.

     (…) you could distinguish foreign soldiers, paesants, women pulled by raytars and men defending themselves in disorganized groups.

4. (colloquial or dialectal, Far Masovian) a lot

Declension

Declension of kupa

	singular	plural
nominative	kupa	kupy
genitive	kupy	kup
dative	kupie	kupom
accusative	kupę	kupy
instrumental	kupą	kupami
locative	kupie	kupach
vocative	kupo	kupy

Derived terms

adverbs

• z przewagą kupy

 

Further reading

• kupa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kupa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “kupa”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 112
• Aleksander Saloni (1899) “kupa”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 240

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian coppa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kûpa/
• Hyphenation: ku‧pa

Noun

kȕpa f (Cyrillic spelling ку̏па)

1. cup, goblet
2. (Serbia, geometry) cone
3. cups in Spanish playing cards

Declension

Declension of kupa

	singular	plural
nominative	kupa	kupe
genitive	kupe	kupa
dative	kupi	kupama
accusative	kupu	kupe
vocative	kupo	kupe
locative	kupi	kupama
instrumental	kupom	kupama

Verb

kupa (Cyrillic spelling купа)

1. third-person singular present of kupati

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kùːpa/

Noun

kúpa f

1. beaker

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	kúpa
gen. sing.	kúpe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kúpa	kúpi	kúpe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kúpe	kúp	kúp
dative (dajȃlnik)	kúpi	kúpama	kúpam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kúpo	kúpi	kúpe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kúpi	kúpah	kúpah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kúpo	kúpama	kúpami

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-kupa (inf kukupa)

1. -ku- (second-person singular object concord) with indicative of -pa (“to give to you”)

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish kupa (“bowl”), likely from Middle Low German kupe (“bowl; barrel”), from Latin cūpa (“barrel”). Doublet of kupol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʉːpa/

Noun

kupa c

1. a hood, cover
2. a cup (of a bra)
3. (short for “bikupa”) a beehive

Declension

Declension of kupa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kupa	kupas
	definite	kupan	kupans
plural	indefinite	kupor	kupors
	definite	kuporna	kupornas

Derived terms

• bikupa
• glaskupa
• konjakskupa
• kupig
• ostkupa

Verb

kupa (present kupar, preterite kupade, supine kupat, imperative kupa)

1. to fold one’s hand as into a cup
2. to earth up; to cover the stem of a plant with soil

Conjugation

Conjugation of kupa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	kupa		kupas
Supine	kupat		kupats
Imperative	kupa		—
Imper. plural1	kupen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	kupar	kupade	kupas	kupades
Ind. plural1	kupa	kupade	kupas	kupades
Subjunctive2	kupe	kupade	kupes	kupades
	Participles
Present participle	kupande
Past participle	kupad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• kupning

References

• kupa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kupa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kupa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• puka

Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوپه. From one or more of Greek κούπα (koúpa), Italian coppa, and French coupe, ultimately from Late Latin cuppa.

Noun

kupa (definite accusative kupayı, plural kupalar)

1. cup, goblet
2. (sports) cup
   • 1935 June 19, article from Anadolu Agency printed in Yeni Mersin:

     Balkan kupası ayak topu maçlarına başlanmıştır.

     Balkan cup football matches started

3. (card games) hearts

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kupa
Definite accusative	kupayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kupa	kupalar
Definite accusative	kupayı	kupaları
Dative	kupaya	kupalara
Locative	kupada	kupalarda
Ablative	kupadan	kupalardan
Genitive	kupanın	kupaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kupam kupalarım 2nd singular kupan kupaların 3rd singular kupası kupaları 1st plural kupamız kupalarımız 2nd plural kupanız kupalarınız 3rd plural kupaları kupaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kupamı kupalarımı 2nd singular kupanı kupalarını 3rd singular kupasını kupalarını 1st plural kupamızı kupalarımızı 2nd plural kupanızı kupalarınızı 3rd plural kupalarını kupalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kupama kupalarıma 2nd singular kupana kupalarına 3rd singular kupasına kupalarına 1st plural kupamıza kupalarımıza 2nd plural kupanıza kupalarınıza 3rd plural kupalarına kupalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kupamda kupalarımda 2nd singular kupanda kupalarında 3rd singular kupasında kupalarında 1st plural kupamızda kupalarımızda 2nd plural kupanızda kupalarınızda 3rd plural kupalarında kupalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kupamdan kupalarımdan 2nd singular kupandan kupalarından 3rd singular kupasından kupalarından 1st plural kupamızdan kupalarımızdan 2nd plural kupanızdan kupalarınızdan 3rd plural kupalarından kupalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kupamın kupalarımın 2nd singular kupanın kupalarının 3rd singular kupasının kupalarının 1st plural kupamızın kupalarımızın 2nd plural kupanızın kupalarınızın 3rd plural kupalarının kupalarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular kupayım kupalarım 2nd singular kupasın kupalarsın 3rd singular kupa kupadır kupalar kupalardır 1st plural kupayız kupalarız 2nd plural kupasınız kupalarsınız 3rd plural kupalar kupalardır

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوپه, from French coupé.

Noun

kupa (definite accusative kupayı, plural kupalar)

1. coupe, coupé, a two-seater sports car
2. (historical) coupé, a four-wheeled carriage with two seats inside

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kupa”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2839
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kupa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkupa/
• Rhymes: -upa
• Hyphenation: ku‧pa
• Syllabification: ku‧pa

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kupa f

1. (geography) island (portion of land surrounded by water, in oceans, seas and lakes)

   Grönlandska je najwjetša kupa swěta. ― Greenland is the largest island in the world.

Declension

Declension of kupa (feminine hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kupa	kupje	kupy
genitive	kupy	kupow	kupow
dative	kupje	kupomaj	kupam
accusative	kupu	kupje	kupy
instrumental	kupu	kupomaj	kupami
locative	kupje	kupomaj	kupach
vocative	kupa	kupje	kupy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kupa

1. genitive singular of kup

References

• “kupa” in Soblex