stupa

See also: stupă

English

The main stupa of Kuthodaw Pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstuːpə/
  • Rhymes: -uːpə

Noun

stupa (plural stupas)

  1. (Buddhism) A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha.
    • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
      He mounded so much honey on the top of the buns that they looked like miniature stupas.
Translations

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Etymology 2

Noun

stupa (plural stupas)

  1. A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge).

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

stupa n

  1. definite plural of stup

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stúpa.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²stʉːpɑ/

Verb

stupa (present tense stuper or styp, past tense stupte or staup, past participle stupt or stope, present participle stupande, imperative stup)

  1. to dive (jump head-first)
  2. to fall suddenly, fall in battle

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstʉːpɑ/

Noun

stupa n

  1. definite plural of stup

References

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

stȕpa f (Cyrillic spelling сту̏па)

  1. mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle)

Declension

Spanish

Noun

stupa f (plural stupas)

  1. stupa

Swedish

Noun

stupa c

  1. a stupa; a Buddhist monument

Declension

Declension of stupa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stupa stupan stupor stuporna
Genitive stupas stupans stupors stupornas

Verb

stupa

  1. to fall (head over heels)
  2. to die or fall (in battle), to be killed in action
    Den tredje söndagen i maj är de stupades dag i Finland
    The third Sunday in May is the Day of the Fallen in Finland
  3. to fall asleep, exhausted (like a fallen warrior)
  4. to slope steeply
    branta kalkstensklippor som stupar ner mot de slingrande floderna Dordogne och Vézère.
    steep limestone cliffs that fall down towards the meandering rivers Dordogne and Vézère.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • huvudstupa
  • stupa isäng
  • stup
  • stupfull

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