gup

== Translingual == === Symbol === gup (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gunwinggu. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Gunwinggu terms == English == === Pronunciation === enPR: gŭp (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ɡʌp/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɡɐp/ (India) IPA(key): /ɡəp/ Rhymes: -ʌp Hyphenation: gup === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Hindi गप (gap, “gossip; idle talk”). ==== Noun ==== gup (countable and uncountable, plural gups) (India, colloquial) Gossip or rumor; nonsensical or silly talk; blather. ==== See also ==== gup-shup === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Dzongkha རྒེད་པོ (rged po, “gup”). ==== Noun ==== gup (plural gups) An elected head of a gewog in Bhutan. 2006, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, Treasures of the Thunder Dragon: A Portrait of Bhutan, Penguin Books India, →ISBN, part 3, chapter 13, 173: The next stop was the house of the gup (the village headman), who was once the reputed strongman of Merak, famous for being able to lift a young bull yak and place it on his back. ===== Alternative forms ===== gap === Further reading === “gup”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === GPU, pug, PuG, UPG == Dutch == === Etymology === Back-formation from guppy. First attested in 1967. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣʏp/ Hyphenation: gup === Noun === gup m (plural guppen, diminutive guppy n or gupje n or guppie n) guppy (freshwater fish of the species Poecilia reticulata) (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (by extension) any small fish (by extension) anything small ==== Synonyms ==== guppie c or n, guppy c or n === References === === Further reading === “gup” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]