stupa

From Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈstuːpə/
• Rhymes: -uːpə

stupa (plural stupas)

1. (Buddhism) A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha.
   • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:

     He mounded so much honey on the top of the buns that they looked like miniature stupas.

• chedi
• pagoda
• wat

stupa (plural stupas)

1. A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge).

• Tupas, patus, pusta, sat up, sputa, tapus

• stupene

stupa n

1. definite plural of stup

From Old Norse stúpa.

• stupe

• IPA^(key): /²stʉːpɑ/

stupa (present tense stuper or styp, past tense stupte or staup, past participle stupt or stope, present participle stupande, imperative stup)

1. to dive (jump head-first)
2. to fall suddenly, fall in battle

• IPA^(key): /ˈstʉːpɑ/

stupa n

1. definite plural of stup

• “stupa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstu.pa/

stupa f

1. (Buddhism) stupa

• stupa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

stȕpa f (Cyrillic spelling сту̏па)

1. mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle)

stupa f (plural stupas)

1. stupa

stupa c

1. a stupa; a Buddhist monument

stupa

1. to fall (head over heels)
2. to die or fall (in battle), to be killed in action

   Den tredje söndagen i maj är de stupades dag i Finland

   The third Sunday in May is the Day of the Fallen in Finland

3. to fall asleep, exhausted (like a fallen warrior)
4. to slope steeply

   branta kalkstensklippor som stupar ner mot de slingrande floderna Dordogne och Vézère.

   steep limestone cliffs that fall down towards the meandering rivers Dordogne and Vézère.

• (die): falla, dö

• huvudstupa
• stupa isäng
• stup
• stupfull

• falla
• slutta
• stöpa
• störta