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Q. úpa adj. “dumb [unable to speak]” (Category: Dumb)

Q. úpa, adj. “dumb [unable to speak]” (Category: Dumb)

A word for “dumb” in notes probably dating to the early 1960s derived from ✶ūopa (PE17/126), a combination ōpa “mouth (as a speaking apparatus)” with the negative prefix ū-, so perhaps originally meaning something like “*without a working mouth”. Note that this word means “dumb” only as in “unable to speak”, not as in “stupid”.

Reference ✧ PE17/126 ✧ ūpa “dumb”

Related

Elements

ú- “no, not, un-, in-; hard, difficult, bad, uneasy; hardly, with difficulty, ‘badly’”
ópa “mouth (opening of which the lips are the edges)” ✧ PE17/126 (ōpa)

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Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ūopa > ūpa [ūopa] ? [ūpa] ✧ PE17/126