tupe

tupe

1. genitive singular of tupp

tupe

1. inflection of tupy:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

tupe m (definite singular tupeen, indefinite plural tupeer, definite plural tupeene)

1. alternative spelling of tupé

tupe m (definite singular tupeen, indefinite plural tupear, definite plural tupeane)

1. alternative spelling of tupé

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Semantic broadening of toy into money has parallels in Tongan paʻanga plus Fijian lavo and ilavo.^[1]

tupe

1. St. Thomas bean, Entada phaseoloides
2. disk made from coconut used in game of throwing called lafoga
3. money

• faletupe

tupe

1. inflection of tupir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• tupi

Borrowed from Spanish tupé, from French toupet.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈpe/ [t̪ʊˈpɛ]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: tu‧pe

tupé (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜉᜒ)

1. toupee

   Synonym: tambulok

• peluka

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪u.pe/

tupe

1. to open

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics