ipu

See also: IPU

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian ipu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːpuː/

Noun

ipu (plural ipus or ipu)

  1. A percussion instrument made from hollowed gourds, often used to provide a beat for hula dancing.

Anagrams

Foi

Noun

ipu

  1. water

References

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ibu (“coconut shell cup”),[1] from Proto-Austronesian *ibu (“container for liquids”).[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.pu/

Noun

ipu

  1. bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
  2. watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  3. any vessel or container (such as a dish, bowl, pot, calabash, cup, mug, urn, basin, or pipe)
  4. type of drum (made of a single gourd or made of two large gourds of unequal size joined together)
  5. crown (of a hat)

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ipu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 103
  2. ^ Greenhill SJ & Clark R (2011). POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online. Oceanic Linguistics, 50(2), 551-559.
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 74

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ibu (“coconut shell cup”),[1] from Proto-Austronesian *ibu (“container for liquids”).[2][3]

Noun

ipu

  1. cup
  2. any small receptacle

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 106-7
  2. ^ Greenhill SJ & Clark R (2011). POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online. Oceanic Linguistics, 50(2), 551-559.
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 74

Further reading

  • “ipu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Old High German

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *jabai

Conjunction

ipu

  1. alternative form of ibu

References

  • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
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