upas

Borrowed from Malay upas.

upas (usually uncountable, plural upases)

1. (usually countable) A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.
2. (uncountable) A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows derived from the tree.
3. (uncountable) A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute.

• (Antiaris toxicaria): bohun upas
• (poison from Antiaris toxicaria):
• (poison from Strychnos tieute): upas tieute

• APUs, AUPs, Apsu, Apus, PUAs, paus, puas

• Hyphenation: u‧pas

upas

1. the core of a banana trunk

upas

1. to lose flavor

• IPA^(key): /upas/
• Rhymes: -upas, -pas, -as

upas

1. upas (poison from Antiaris toxicaria)
2. upas (poison from Strychnos tieute)

• ipuh / ipoh

• pokok upas

upas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of upar.

upas

1. removing leaves of plants (especially of sugarcane)

• pag-upas

• usap