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See also: IPU

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Etymology

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From Hawaiian ipu.

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Noun

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ipu (plural ipus or ipu)

 
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  1. A percussion instrument made from hollowed gourds, often used to provide a beat for hula dancing.

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Noun

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ipu

  1. water

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *ibu (coconut shell cup),[1] from Proto-Austronesian *ibu (container for liquids).[2][3]

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Noun

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ipu

  1. bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
  2. watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  3. any vessel or container (such as a dish, bowl, pot, calabash, cup, mug, urn, basin, or pipe)
  4. type of drum (made of a single gourd or made of two large gourds of unequal size joined together)
  5. crown (of a hat)

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  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ipu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 103
  2. ^ Greenhill SJ & Clark R (2011). POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online. Oceanic Linguistics, 50(2), 551-559.
    • Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ipu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 74

Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *ibu (coconut shell cup),[1] from Proto-Austronesian *ibu (container for liquids).[2][3]

Noun

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ipu

  1. cup
  2. any small receptacle

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 106-7
  2. ^ Greenhill SJ & Clark R (2011). POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online. Oceanic Linguistics, 50(2), 551-559.
    • Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ipu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 74

Further reading

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  • ipu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Old High German

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Etymology

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Proto-Germanic *jabai

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ipu

  1. Alternative form of ibu

References

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  1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition