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Upo

Noun

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upo

  1. Lagenaria siceraria; a vine grown for its fruit.

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Etymology

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From Hokkien (o͘-pû, dark gourd).

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  • Hyphenation: u‧po
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔupo/ [ˈʔu.po]

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upo

  1. Lagenaria siceraria; a vine grown for its fruit
  2. the young fruit of this plant used as a vegetable; the bottle gourd; the elongated variety of calabash

Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Hokkien (o͘-pû, dark gourd).

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  • Hyphenation: u‧po
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔupo/ [ˈʔu.po]

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upo

  1. Lagenaria siceraria; a vine grown for its fruit
  2. the young fruit of this plant used as a vegetable; the bottle gourd; the elongated variety of calabash

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Portuguese

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Verb

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upo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of upar

Spanish

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upo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of upar

Swahili

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upo

  1. second-person singular positive degree present of -wapo (you are (specifically there))
  2. m class(III)/u class(XI) positive degree present of -wapo (it is (specifically there))

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Hokkien (ô͘-pû, calabash).[1]

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upo (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓ)

  1. opo squash; calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)
    Synonym: tabayag

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Noun

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upô (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓ)

  1. act of sitting
    Synonyms: pag-upo, luklok, pagluklok
  2. sitting position
    Synonyms: pagkakaupo, pagkakaluklok
  3. act or time of assuming the function of an office (of someone newly elected)
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upô (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓ)

  1. immediate imperative mood of umupo

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Interjection

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upò (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓ)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of opo

References

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  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 136

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