upas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay upas.

Noun

upas (usually uncountable, plural upases)

  1. (usually countable) A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.
  2. (uncountable) A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows derived from the tree.
  3. (uncountable) A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute.

Synonyms

  • (Antiaris toxicaria): bohun upas
  • (poison from Antiaris toxicaria):
  • (poison from Strychnos tieute): upas tieute

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Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /upas/
  • Rhymes: -upas, -pas, -as

Noun

upas

  1. upas (poison from Antiaris toxicaria)
  2. upas (poison from Strychnos tieute)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • pokok upas

Descendants

Spanish

Verb

upas

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of upar.

Tagalog

Noun

upas

  1. removing leaves of plants (especially of sugarcane)

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