kupla
Pronunciation: /ˈkuplɑ/
“kupla” is a Finnish word. Its 8 meanings in English:
noun
- bubble (spherically contained volume of air or other gas)
- bubble (spherical cavity in a solid material)
- bubble (anything resembling a hollow sphere)
- bubble (economics: period of intense speculation in a market)
- bubble (anything lacking firmness or solidity)
- bubble (something or somebody who just seemingly is what is supposed, but in fact does have nothing or little to fulfill expectancies)
- a Volkswagen Beetle automobile (may be capitalized)
interjection
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kupla (compare Estonian kubel), possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kupla (compare Southern Sami gåbloe (“lung”), Inari Sami koble (“roe pouch”), Eastern Mari кувыл (kuvyl, “bubbles on the water surface, due to rain”), Southern Mansi [script needed] (kɛ̮wl-, “to swim, to float”)).
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