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cupa.

dancing-girl; female tavern-keeper and castanet-dancer (L+S); female vintner; bar of an oil press (axle for millstones); axle; crooked handle (L+S); barrel, cask, vat, tun; (esp. for wine); niche in a columbarium (for ashes);

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkuː.pa]Classical-Latin[ˈkuː.pa]
  1. tub, cask, tun, vat

    declension-1
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”), perhaps of substrate origin. Cognate with Old English hȳf (modern English hive), Sanskrit कूप (kūpa, “well, hollow, vat”), Ancient Greek κύπελλον (kúpellon, “beaker, goblet”).

noun[ˈkuː.pa]Classical-Latin[ˈkuː.pa]
  1. handle, axle

    declension-1
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē).

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