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tipu
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English
Noun
tipu (plural tipus)
- A South American tree, Tipuana tipu, which is grown as an ornamental in mild-winter climates.
- 2003 October, Los Angeles Magazine, volume 48, number 10, page 54:
- A tipu tree serves as an umbrella, while an Indonesian door on the wall carries the ethnic motif and an iron table and chairs keep it modern.
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin typus (“figure; type”), from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to poke”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-.
Pronunciation
Noun
tipu m (plural tipos)
Related terms
Further reading
- “tipu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
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Finnish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *tipu, variant of *tipa, itself probably originally an interjection used to attract a hen or chicken.
Pronunciation
Noun
tipu
- chick, chicken (very young chick of hen, when still yellow with its natal down)
- chick (young of bird)
- any small bird
- (colloquial) chick (attractive young woman)
Declension
Synonyms
- (chicken): kananpoika
- (bird's young): linnunpoika, linnunpoikanen
- (small bird): pikkulintu
- (attractive woman): kaunotar
Derived terms
- pääsiäistipu
- tipula (“Tipula”)
- tipunen
- tiputanssi
Further reading
- “tipu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
tipu
Anagrams
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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay tipu. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtipu/ [ˈt̪i.pu]
- Rhymes: -ipu
- Syllabification: ti‧pu
Verb
tipu (active menipu, reflexive passive tertipu, ordinary passive ditipu, imperative tipu, emphatic-jussive tipulah)
- (transitive) to trick; to fool; to deceive (to cause to believe something untrue)
Noun
Derived terms
- bertipuan
- penipu (“fraudster”)
- penipuan (“fraud”)
- tipuan
Further reading
- “tipu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tipu. Cognates include Finnish tipu and Estonian tibu.
Pronunciation
Noun
tipu
- chick (baby chicken)
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 584
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Latvian
Noun
tipu m
- inflection of tips:
Maguindanao
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ti‧pu
Verb
tipu
Derived terms
- manipu
- pedtipu
- pedtipuan
- penipu
- penipuan
- tipuan
Malay
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
tipu (Jawi spelling تيڤو, uncountable)
Verb
tipu (Jawi spelling تيڤو, active menipu, third-person passive ditipu)
- (transitive) to deceive, to scam, to trick
- (ambitransitive) to lie
Derived terms
Compounds
- tipu daya, tipu helah, tipu muslihat, tipu belit
- tipu semu
Descendants
Further reading
- "tipu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
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Maori
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tupu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq (compare Malay tumbuh).
Pronunciation
Verb
tipu (passive tipuria)
- (Eastern dialect) alternative form of tupu (“to grow”)
Further reading
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Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- 𑀢𑀺𑀧𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- तिपु (Devanagari script)
- তিপু (Bengali script)
- තිපු (Sinhalese script)
- တိပု (Burmese script)
- ติปุ (Thai script)
- ᨲᩥᨷᩩ (Tai Tham script)
- ຕິປຸ (Lao script)
- តិបុ (Khmer script)
- 𑄖𑄨𑄛𑄪 (Chakma script)
Noun
tipu n
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