rupa

See also: rupā, rūpa, and rūpā

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit रूप (rūpá, “form, shape, figure”).

Noun

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Wikipedia

rupa (uncountable)

1. (Buddhism) form, shape, outward appearance.

See also

• skandha

Anagrams

• ARPU, prau

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

From Sanskrit रूप (rūpa).

Noun

rupa

1. (anatomy) face

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁy.pa/

Verb

rupa

1. third-person singular past historic of ruper

Anagrams

• paru, pura

Ilocano

Etymology

From Sanskrit रूप (rūpa).

Noun

rupa

1. face; facade; front

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rupa, from Classical Malay rupa, from Sanskrit रूप (rūpá, “form, shape, figure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈru.pa]
• Hyphenation: ru‧pa
• Rhymes: -pa, -a

Noun

rupa (plural rupa-rupa)

1. shape
2. expression

   Synonyms: roman muka, tampang muka, paras muka, raut muka

3. appearance

   Synonyms: bentuk, wujud

4. type, kind

   Synonyms: macam, jenis

Affixed terms

• berserupa
• berupa
• berupa-rupa
• keserupaan
• menyerupa
• menyerupai
• menyerupakan
• merupa
• merupai
• merupakan
• penyerupaan
• perserupaan
• perupa
• rupa-rupa
• rupa-rupanya
• rupanya
• serupa
• terupa

Related terms

• rupiah

Further reading

• “rupa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

rupa

1. Romanization of ꦫꦸꦥ

Latvian

Adjective

rupa

1. (dialectal) genitive singular masculine of rups
2. (dialectal) nominative singular feminine of rups

Malay

Etymology

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684AD. From Sanskrit रूप (rūpa).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -pa
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

rupa (Jawi spelling روڤا, plural rupa-rupa, informal 1st possessive rupaku, 2nd possessive rupamu, 3rd possessive rupanya)

1. form, appearance

Further reading

• “rupa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈru.pa/

Noun

rupa f

1. (Far Masovian) Synonym of klępa (“old cow”)
2. (Far Masovian, derogatory) Synonym of klępa (“clumsy woman”)

Further reading

• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “rupa”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 120

Quechua

Adjective

rupa

1. Alternative spelling of rupha

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rupa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rûpa/
• Hyphenation: ru‧pa

Noun

rȕpa f (Cyrillic spelling ру̏па, diminutive rȕpica, augmentative rupètina or rùpčaga)

1. pit, hole

   crna rupa ― black hole

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	rupa	rupe
genitive	rupe	rupa
dative	rupi	rupama
accusative	rupu	rupe
vocative	rupo	rupe
locative	rupi	rupama
instrumental	rupom	rupama

Declension of rupa

Further reading

• “rupa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025