tupu

== Chamorro == === Etymology === From Proto-Austronesian (compare Indonesian tebu, Fijian dovu). === Noun === tupu sugarcane == Lower Sorbian == === Adjective === tupu feminine accusative singular of tupy == Māori == === Alternative forms === tipu === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *tupu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq (compare Malay tumbuh). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtupu/ [ˈtʉpʉ] === Verb === tupu (passive tupuria) (Western dialect) to grow, to increase ==== Derived terms ==== tuputupu (“grow, develop”, verb) whakatupu (“rear”, verb) === Adjective === tupu real, own, ancestral ==== Derived terms ==== reo tupu (“mother tongue”) === Noun === tupu seedling, shoot, bud === Further reading === “tupu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. == Purepecha == === Noun === tupu obsolete spelling of túpu == Quechua == === Noun === tupu measure of weight or land measuring tape fastening pin for a woman's shawl dimension leather bag for storing honey ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== tupuy == Samoan == === Noun === tupu reigning king or queen ==== See also ==== ali'i matai masiofo == Swahili == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === -tupu (declinable) bare empty ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Nominal derivations: utupu (“emptiness; nudity, nakedness”) === Noun === tupu class IX (plural tupu class X) (euphemistic) private parts (intimate parts of the human body) ==== Derived terms ==== tupu ya mbele (“genitalia”) tupu ya nyuma (“anus, rectum”)