"kupuna" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: na kupuna [plural], kupuna [plural], kupunas [plural]
Etymology: From Hawaiian kupuna. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|haw|kupuna}} Hawaiian kupuna Head templates: {{en-noun|na kupuna|kupuna|s}} kupuna (plural na kupuna or kupuna or kupunas)
  1. A grandparent or elder.
    Sense id: en-kupuna-en-noun-6vocyGob Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Hawaiian]

IPA: /kuˈpu.na/, [kuˈpu.nə] Forms: kūpuna [irregular, plural]
Head templates: {{head|haw|noun|irregular plural|kūpuna}} kupuna (irregular plural kūpuna)
  1. grandparent
    Sense id: en-kupuna-haw-noun-aLjwFFGB Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. ancestor
    Sense id: en-kupuna-haw-noun-1JAVE3j1 Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tūtū

Verb [Swahili]

Head templates: {{head|sw|verb form|verbal noun of the ku class|head=}} kupuna (verbal noun of the ku class), {{sw-inf}} kupuna (verbal noun of the ku class)
  1. infinitive of -puna Tags: form-of, infinitive, noun-from-verb Form of: -puna
    Sense id: en-kupuna-sw-verb-peXINLqk Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kupuna meaning in All languages combined (2.9kB)

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        {
          "ref": "2001, Andrew Matzner, O Au No Keia: Voices from Hawaii's Mahu and Transgender Communities",
          "text": "That's why, according to my kupunas, the chiefs had these male lovers. They were there to be with the chiefs as a friend and companion.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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        "English terms derived from Hawaiian",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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    }
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