chupa
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Noun ====
chupa (plural chupas or chupot)
Alternative form of chuppah.
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Philippine Spanish chupa, probably from Malay cupak.
==== Noun ====
chupa (plural chupas)
(Philippines, historical) A unit of volume equivalent to around 375 mL.
=== Anagrams ===
Cha-pu, Chapu, Pa-ch'u
== Chavacano ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Spanish chupar (“to suck”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /t͡ʃuˈpa/ [t͡ʃu.ˈpa]
Hyphenation: chu‧pa
=== Verb ===
chupá
to suck
==== Conjugation ====
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Attested since circa 1850. From Spanish chupa, from French jupe; ultimately from Arabic جبة. Doublet of xibón.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃupa]
=== Noun ===
chupa m (plural chupas)
doublet; jacket
=== References ===
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chupa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chupa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chupa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Ibaloi ==
=== Noun ===
chupa
(Kabayan) alternative form of shopa
== Irish ==
=== Noun ===
chupa m sg
lenited form of cupa
== Macanese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Malay cupak (pronounced /t͡ʃupaʔ/). First documented in the Ou-Mun Kei Leok published in 1751.
=== Noun ===
chupa
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 ====
Not to be confused with chupâ (“to suck”).
==== Derived terms ====
chuchupa, chupachupa
=== References ===
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 ==
=== Etymology ===
From Portuguese and Spanish chupar and Kabuverdianu tchupa.
=== Verb ===
chupa
to suck
== Portuguese ==
=== Verb ===
chupa
inflection of chupar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
== Quechua ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: chu‧pa
=== Noun ===
chupa
tail
==== Declension ====
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Noun ===
chupa m sg
lenited form of cupa
=== Mutation ===
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃupa/ [ˈt͡ʃu.pa]
Rhymes: -upa
Syllabification: chu‧pa
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from French jupe.
==== Noun ====
chupa f (plural chupas)
leather jacket
Synonyms: chaqueta, cazadora
=== Etymology 2 ===
Deverbal from chupar.
==== Noun ====
chupa f (plural chupas)
(Canary Islands) pacifier
Synonyms: chupón, chupete
=== Etymology 3 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
chupa
inflection of chupar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Etymology 4 ===
Probably from Malay cupak.
==== Noun ====
chupa f (plural chupas)
(Philippines, historical) chupa (unit of volume)
===== Descendants =====
→ English: chupa
=== Further reading ===
“chupa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
“chupa”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010
“chupa”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].
==== Pronunciation ====
(Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ˈtʃu.pɑ/
(Kimvita) IPA(key): /ˈtʃʰu.pɑ/
Hyphenation: chu‧pa
==== Noun ====
chupa class IX (plural chupa class X)
bottle, vial
===== Derived terms =====
kichupa
===== Descendants =====
→ Kikuyu: cuba
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
(Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ˈtʃu.pɑ/
(Kimvita) IPA(key): /ˈtʃu.pɑ/
==== Noun ====
chupa class V (plural machupa class VI)
augmentative of chupa (n class(IX/X)): big bottle, demijohn
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Noun ====
chupâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜉ)
alternative spelling of tsupa
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Noun ====
chupa (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜉ)
alternative spelling of tsupa