ipu

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, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 103
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “IPU”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
  3. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (1998), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎[1], volume 1: Material Culture, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 74

Māori

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), “ipu”, in Maori–Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 106–7
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “IPU”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
  3. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (1998), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎[3], volume 1: Material Culture, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 74

Further reading

  • John C. Moorfield (2011), “ipu”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index‎[4], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Old High German

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *jabai

Conjunction

ipu

  1. alternative form of ibu

References

  • Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎[5], 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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