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SWAHILI · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

tupa.

rasp

4 characters2 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. rasp

    class-ix
verb/ˈtu.pɑ//ˈtu.pɑ/

  1. -tu- (first-person plural object concord) with indicative of -pa (“to give to us”)

verb/ˈtu.pɑ//ˈt̪u.pɑ/

  1. to throw

  2. to throw away, discard, dispose

  3. to abandon, to desert

  4. to smell

    Sheng
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-cupa, possibly from Proto-Bantu *-cʊ̀pa (“to pour”). Inherited through a Northern dialect. Cognate with Giryama -tsuha and Digo -tsuβa.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.