kupe
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch coupé (“coupé”), from French coupé (an elliptical form of carosse coupé (“cut carriage”)), the past participle of couper (“to cut”). Doublet of kup.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkupe]
- Hyphenation: ku‧pé
- Rhymes: -pe, -e
Noun
kupé (plural kupe-kupe, first-person possessive kupeku, second-person possessive kupemu, third-person possessive kupenya)
- coupé: the front compartment of a railway carriage.
Further reading
- “kupe” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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Noun
kupe (n class, plural kupe)
- tick (arthropod)
- (derogatory) a white-collar worker who depends on the work of others to survive
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