cupu

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃu.pu/
• Rhymes: -pu
• Hyphenation: cu‧pu

Etymology 1

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Noun

cupu (plural cupu-cupu)

1. Alternative spelling of cepu
2. hole in the mortar
3. hole in the pillar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦕꦸꦥꦸ (cupu).

Noun

cupu (plural cupu-cupu)

1. ceramic pot

Etymology 3

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Noun

cupu (plural cupu-cupu)

1. (colloquial) lame

Further reading

• “cupu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

cupu

1. Romanization of ꦕꦸꦥꦸ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay cepu, from Tamil செப்பு (ceppu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃu.pu/
• Rhymes: -pu
• Hyphenation: cu‧pu

Noun

cupu

1. small box or pot.

Derived terms

• cinupu
• cinupwan
• cinupwanan
• cucupu
• cupu-cupu

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦕꦸꦥꦸ (cupu) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: cupu

Further reading

• "cupu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.