kupang

kupang

1. thigh (upper leg)

• IPA^(key): /ku.paŋ/

kupang

1. mussel

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkupaŋ/ [ˈku.paŋ]
• Rhymes: -upaŋ
• Syllabification: ku‧pang
• Homophone: Kupang

Inherited from Malay kupang (“a coin or measure or value”). Compare to Javanese kupang (“4-duit coin; a hundred”), Old Javanese kupaṅ (“money; a certain coin or currency-value; a hundred”, literally “a shell used as money”).

kupang (plural kupang-kupang)

1. an ancient currency which varied in value from place to place
2. a goldsmith's weight equal to about 1/16 of a tahil

Inherited from Malay kupang (“mussel”). Semantic loan from Madurese [Term?].

kupang (plural kupang-kupang)

1. mussel, especially:
   1. (zoology) Mytilus spp.
   2. (zoology) blue mussel, common mussel (Mytilus edulis)

      Synonym: kerang biru

2. (dialect Madurese) small sea shells whose meat is often cooked to make soto and petis

Inherited from Malay kupang (“a type of legume plant”). Compare with Proto-Philippine *kúpaŋ (a tall tree: Parkia spp.)

kupang (plural kupang-kupang)

1. (botany) emperor's candlesticks, candle bush, candelabra bush, Christmas candles, empress candle plant, ringworm shrub, Roman candle, candletree (Senna alata)

   Synonyms: gelinggang, ketepeng, daun kurap

Borrowed from Kayeli [Term?].

kupang (plural kupang-kupang)

1. customary fines for couples who elope by handing over white cloth, cauldrons, plates, spears, gongs and machetes

Borrowed from Javanese [Term?]. Probably related to etymology 1–3.

kupang (plural kupang-kupang)

1. (cooking Blora) a snack made from grated cassava mixed with grated young coconut, salt, granulated sugar, Javanese sugar, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed

• “kupang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• IPA^(key): [kupäŋ]

Unknown.

kupang (Jawi spelling کوڤڠ, plural kupang-kupang or kupang²)

1. mussel

1. siput sudu

Compare with Etymology 1 (the shell possibly once used as currency-token).

Alternatively compare with gubang, variant of kobang, possibly from Japanese 小判(こばん) (koban).

See also Etymology 3. Compare with Tagalog kupang.

kupang (Jawi spelling کوڤڠ, plural kupang-kupang or kupang²)

1. an ancient Malay currency
2. an ancient unit of gold measure, equivalent to 161 taels or 4 candareens
3. (Northern Peninsular) a value of 10 sens or one tenth of a ringgit
4. (Kelantan) a value of 12 sens and a half
5. (Padang) a value of 50 sens

1. (10 sen) posen

Compare with Proto-Philippine *kúpaŋ (a tall tree: Parkia spp.)

kupang (Jawi spelling کوڤڠ, plural kupang-kupang or kupang²)

1. type of legume plant, Senna alata. Better as daun kupang
2. (Sabah) plant in the genus Parkia
3. (Sabah) Peltophorum pterocarpum

1. (Senna alata) gelenggang
2. (Parkia) petai

• Linehan, W. (April 1989), “Coins of Kelantan”, in Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society‎^[1], volume 12, number 2, pages 63-9

• "kupang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkupaŋ/ [ˈkuː.pɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -upaŋ
• Syllabification: ku‧pang
• Homophone: Cupang

kupang (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜉᜅ᜔)

1. Parkia timoriana (a species of tree)

   Synonym: amarang

2. counterweight or weight in a balance

   Synonyms: panimbang-bigat, panimbang, pabigat, pesas

• Cupang

• “kupang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018