Italian

Adjective

cupa

1. feminine singular of cupo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kewp- ‎(“a hollow”). Cognate with English hive.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.pa/

Noun

cūpa f ‎(genitive cūpae); first declension

1. handle, axle
2. tub, cask, tun, vat

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• cupa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cupa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CUPA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cupa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• cupa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cupa in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish cupa, from Middle English cuppe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰuʰpʰə/

Noun

cupa m ‎(genitive singular cupa, plural cupachan or cupaichean or cupanan)

1. cup
2. vial

Derived terms

• gille-cupa

See also

• cuppa