ipu

See also: IPU

English

Etymology

Hawaiian ipu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈiːpuː/

Noun

ipu (plural ipus or ipu)

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

Anagrams

Foi

Noun

ipu

  1. water

References

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ibu, from Proto-Austronesian *ibu (“container for liquids”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈi.pu/

Noun

ipu

  1. bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
  2. watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  3. vessel, 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)

References
  1. Greenhill SJ & Clark R (2011). POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online. Oceanic Linguistics, 50(2), 551-559.

Old High German

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *jabai

Conjunction

ipu

  1. Alternative form of ibu

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