topu

From Latin talpa. Cognates include French taupe and Spanish topo.

topu m (plural topos)

1. mole (mammal)
2. mole (spy)

 

 

From Latin talpa (“mole”). Cognates include French taupe (“mole”) and Italian topo (“rat, mouse”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔpu/
  • (Cismontane) IPA^(key): [ˈtɔbu]
  • (Ultramontane) IPA^(key): [ˈtɔpu]
• Hyphenation: to‧pu
• Rhymes: -ɔpu

topu m (plural topi)

1. rat
2. mouse

• “topu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

From Proto-Cariban *tôpu.

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [toːpu]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [toʔpu]

topu (possessed topuru)

1. stone, rock

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 390
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “topu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 469; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 458
• Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Pieter C. Muysken (2004) The Languages of the Andes

topu

1. first-person singular present indicative of tapt

topu

1. flour
2. first wife

topu

1. definite singular accusative of top
2. third-person singular possessive of top