kupya

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay kopiah, from Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kūfiyya). Compare Kapampangan kupia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kupˈjaʔ/, [kʊpˈjaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: kup‧ya

Noun

kupyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜉ᜔ᜌ)

  1. hat
    Synonyms: sombrero, kalo
  2. (colloquial, dated) house with galvanized iron roofing (during the early American occupation)
  3. helmet (hard and protective head covering)
    Synonyms: almete, helmet
    1. pith sun helmet
      Synonyms: bastipol, sebastipol
    2. native sun helmet with a wide brim
      Synonym: salukot
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkupja/, [ˈkup.jɐ]
  • Hyphenation: kup‧ya

Noun

kupya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜉ᜔ᜌ)

  1. Alternative form of kopya

Further reading
  • “kupya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 332
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