kupa - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

• Hyphenation: ku‧pa

kupa

1. a grade

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kupa, originally from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- from *kew-.^[1]

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

kupa f

1. heap

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

   Dej se do kupy. ― Pull it together.

• kopa

• “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)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkupɒ]
• Hyphenation: ku‧pa
• Rhymes: -pɒ

kupa (plural kupák)

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

   Synonym: serleg

• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /ku.pa/

kupa

1. (Kamnyu) Chinese; Han (person)

kupa f inan

1. island

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kupa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.pa/
• Rhymes: -upa
• Syllabification: ku‧pa

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

1. heap
2. (informal) poo, poop, turd

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kupa

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

3. (informal) 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) a lot

• kupa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kupa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Italian coppa.

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

kȕpa f (Cyrillic spelling ку̏па)

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

kupa (Cyrillic spelling купа)

1. third-person singular present of kupati

• IPA^(key): /kùːpa/

kúpa f

1. beaker

-kupa (inf kukupa)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kʉːpa/

kupa c

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

• bikupa
• glaskupa
• konjakskupa
• kupig
• ostkupa

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

• kupning

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

• puka

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

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

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوپه, from French coupé.

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

• 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

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

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

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.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kupa

1. genitive singular of kup

• “kupa” in Soblex