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chupa

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See also: chupá

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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chupa (plural chupas or chupot)

  1. Alternative form of chuppah

Etymology 2

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From Philippine Spanish chupa, probably from Malay cupak.

Noun

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chupa (plural chupas)

  1. (Philippines, historical) A unit of volume equivalent to around 375 mL.

Anagrams

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Galician

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Etymology

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Attested since circa 1850. From Spanish chupa, from French jupe; ultimately from Arabic جبة.[1] Doublet of xibón.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chupa m (plural chupas)

  1. doublet; jacket

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “jubón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Irish

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Noun

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chupa m sg

  1. Lenited form of cupa.

Macanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay cupak (pronounced /t͡ʃupaʔ/). First documented in the Ou-Mun Kei Leok published in 1751.

Noun

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chupa

  1. wooden or bamboo cylinder, closed at one end, formerly used to measure dry goods such as rice or beans, as well as liquids like milk

Usage notes

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  • Not to be confused with chupâ (to suck).

Derived terms

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References

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  • Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “chupa”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 409

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese and Spanish chupar and Kabuverdianu tchupa.

Verb

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chupa

  1. to suck

Portuguese

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Verb

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chupa

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

Quechua

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: chu‧pa

Noun

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chupa

  1. tail

Declension

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Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

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chupa m sg

  1. Lenited form of cupa.

Mutation

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Mutation of cupa
radical lenition
cupa chupa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃupa/ [ˈt͡ʃu.pa]
  • Rhymes: -upa
  • Syllabification: chu‧pa

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French jupe.

Noun

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chupa f (plural chupas)

  1. leather jacket
    Synonyms: chaqueta, cazadora

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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chupa

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

Etymology 3

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Probably from Malay cupak.

Noun

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chupa f (plural chupas)

  1. (Philippines, historical) chupa (unit of volume)
Descendants
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  • English: chupa

Further reading

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Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)
  • Hyphenation: chu‧pa

Noun

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chupa (n class, plural chupa)

  1. bottle, vial

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Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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chupâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜉ) (colloquial, vulgar)

  1. Alternative spelling of tsupa