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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *kŏp`é
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: to bend; elevation, convexity
Russian meaning: гнуть, изгибать(ся); выпуклость, возвышение
Turkic: *göpe(ne)
Mongolian: *köb- / *küb-
Tungus-Manchu: *kupe-
Korean: *kòp-, *kùp-
Japanese: *kǝmpu
Comments: Cf. *gi̯ṓp`e, *k`àpe (in Mong. and TM also a partial contamination with *kup`e 'light, float'). See also notes to *k`ep`orV 'curved bone'.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *göpe(ne)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: haystack
Russian meaning: стог сена
Turkish: geben
Tatar: kübe
Chuvash: koba
Tuva: xöpēn
Bashkir: kübɛ
Kumyk: keben
Comments: ЭСТЯ 5, 15, 80, Федотов 1, 308-309. Turk. > Hung. kepe 'sheaf', see Gombocz 1912.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *köb- / *küb-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to bend, incline 2 arch, convex, convexity 3 to swell 4 mountain ridge 5 bow-string
Russian meaning: 1 наклонять, склоняться 2 дуга, выпуклый, выпуклость 3 раздуваться 4 горный хребет 5 тетива
Written Mongolian: köbüre-, küber- 1, köbügür, kübügür 2, köbkeji- 3, köbči 4 (L 475, 476, 477)
Middle Mongolian: k[o]bči 5 (IM), kubči, kubčin (MA 219)
Khalkha: xüvre- 1, xövxij- 3, xövč 4, 5
Buriat: xübše 4, 5
Kalmuck: köwkǝ- 3, köwčǝ 4, 5 (КРС)
Dagur: kubeči 5 (MD 184)
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kupe-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to swell up 2 hill, mound 3 convex
Russian meaning: 1 вздуваться, распухать 2 холм, бугор 3 выпуклый
Evenki: kepe- 1, kupike, kuwudek 2
Negidal: kupe- 1
Ulcha: kubdu 2
Nanai: kubdū 2, kupul-kupul 3
Comments: ТМС 1, 422, 434, 452. The root actively contaminates with *kepu- 'to drift, float on the surface' (v. sub *kup`e).
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *kòp-, *kup-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to be bent
Russian meaning: быть изогнутым
Modern Korean: kop-, kup-
Middle Korean: kòp-, kup-
Comments: Nam 52, 63, KED 163, 220.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kǝmpu
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: lump, hump
Russian meaning: шишка, горб
Tokyo: kobú
Kyoto: kòbû
Kagoshima: kóbu
Comments: JLTT 453. PJpn. accent is unclear.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ḳuṗV
Meaning: heap
Indo-European: *koup-
Altaic: *kŏp`é
Uralic: BF *käpü 'cone (of conifers) [or *käppä 'hill' - if not < Balt. *kapa-s]
Kartvelian: *ḳoṗ-
Dravidian: *kup- (also *gubb- 'knob, protuberance')
References: МССНЯ 346, ОСНЯ 1, 366-367; ND 1113 *ḳuP_V 'heap, cone, protuberance' (+Sem.). Cf. *güpA (with a lot of confusion).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *kAup-, -b-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: heap
Avestan: kaofa- `Berg, Kamelbuckel'
Other Iranian: OPers kaufa- `Berg', NPers kōh `Berg'
Old Greek: kǘpro-s m. `Getreidemass'
Slavic: *kū́pa, *kūpъ, *kūprъ
Baltic: *kaûp-a- / *kaũp-a- c., *kaũp- vb. tr., *kaûp-in- vb., *kaũp-r-a- c., -iā̃ f., *kup-et-ā̂, -at-ā̂, -en-ā̂ f., *kup-in-a- adj.; *kō̂p-ā̂ (1); *kaũb-a- c., *kaũb-ur-a c., *kaũb-iā̃ (*2) f.
Germanic: *xu[b]-a- n., *xuf-r-a- m., *xub-il=; *xaup-a- m.~n.
Russ. meaning: куча
References: WP I 370 f, Buck 25.
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: ку́па
Near etymology: "совокупность предметов, масса", укр., блр. ку́па "куча", ст.-слав. коупъ σωρός "куча, соединение" (Супр., Клоц.), болг. ку́път (Младенов 262), сербохорв. ку̏п "съезд, собрание", ку́па "куча" (Вук), ку̏па (Стулли), словен. kùp, род. п. kúра, чеш. kuра, польск. kupa "куча, толпа", в.-луж., н.-луж. kupa "холм".
Further etymology: Родственно лит. kаũраs "куча", авест. kаōfа- м. "гора, горб (верблюда)", др.-перс. kaufa-, нов.-перс. kōh "гора", д.-в.-н. houf "куча, холм"; другая ступень вокализма: лит. kupetà "небольшая копна сена", kùpstas "холм, бугорок", ирл. сúаn "куча" (*kupno-), д.-в.-н. hûfо "куча, толпа", алб. ḱipí "куча" (*kūpijā); см. Бернекер 1, 646; Траутман, ВSW 138; М.--Э. 2, 319, 344; Торп 94 и сл.; Бецценбергер у Стокса 93; Иокль, Stud. 43 и сл.; Фик 1, 27; Розвадовский, RО 1, 102. Нет основания говорить о заимствовании из герм., вопреки Хирту (РВВ 23, 334), Мейе (Ét. 236). Отсюда совоку́пный. О ки́па, которое относили сюда же (см. Брандт, РФВ 22, 143), ср. выше.
Pages: 2,418-419
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *kaûp-a- / *kaũp-a- c., *kaũp- vb. tr., *kaûp-in- vb., *kaũp-r-a- c., -iā̃ f., *kup-et-ā̂, -at-ā̂, -en-ā̂ f., *kup-in-a- adj.; *kō̂p-ā̂ (1); *kaũb-a- c., *kaũb-ur-a c., *kaũb-iā̃ (*2) f.
Meaning: heap, hill
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: káupa-s, kaũpa-s `Haufen, Anhäufung, Uebermass', kaũpti, káupinti `scharrend häufen, aufhäufen, ansammeln', kaũpra-s, -ē `kleine Boden erhebung, Erdhügel'; kùpeta, -ena `kleiner Heuoder Getreidehaufen', kùpina- `gehäuft, voll, reich an etw.', kúopa `Schar, Haufen' { kuprà Höcker }; || kaũbra-s, kaũbrē, kaubrē̃ 'Hügel, Bodenerhebung, Bergkuppe', kaũbura-s, -ī̃-s 'dass., Auswuchs, Höcker, Beule',
Lettish: kupata `Heuschober', kupena `Haufen', kupene, kupenis `Schneehaufen', kaùpre2 `kleiner Hügel, Hügelrücken', kuõpa, kuops `Haufe; Bund, Bündel; Menge' || kaub[urs] 'Hügel'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *xu[b]a-n, *xufra-z, *xubil=; *xaupa-
Meaning: hump, hill
IE etymology: IE etymology
Norwegian: hov n. `Anhöhe, kleiner Hügel'
Old English: hofer (hofr, hofor), -es m. `hump, swelling'; hēap
English: heap
Old Saxon: huvil `Hugel'; hovaradi `gebochelt'; hōp
Middle Dutch: hōvel, hoevel, huevel m. `heuvel, bochel'; hōver `bult'
Dutch: heuvel m.
Old Franconian: huvil (9.Jh.) `Anhöhe'
Middle Low German: hȫvel `hügel, Haufen, Höcker'
Old High German: hovar `Buckel' (9.Jh.), hubil `Hügel'; houf
Middle High German: hübel, hubel st. m. {hobel, huvel} `hügell'; hover st. m. `Höcker, Buckel; ein Buckliger'
German: frühnhd. Hofer, dial. Hübel
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 269
Proto: *käppä
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: hill
German meaning: Hügel
Finnish: kääppä 'Hügel, steiniger Boden in der Mitte des Ackers, Steinhaufen'
Estonian: kääp (gen. kääba), kääbas (gen. kääpa) 'aufgeworfener Hügel, Grabhügel'
Mansi (Vogul): käp (TJ KU P), kap (LO) 'Hügel'
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *ḳoṗ-
Nostratic: Nostratic
English meaning: lump / bump on one's head
Georgian: ḳoṗ-
Svan: ḳweṗ- id.; button of clothing
Notes and references: ND 1113.
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *kup-
Meaning : heap; stack
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *kup-
Proto-Telugu : *kupp-
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kop-/*kup-
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kup-
Proto-North Dravidian : *qop-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *kup-
Meaning : heap
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : kuppam
Tamil meaning : multitude, heap
Tamil derivates : kuppal heap, as of manure, mound, multitude; kuppai heap, mound, sweepings, rubbish, excrement, dung
Malayalam : kuppa
Malayalam meaning : heap of dirt or refuse
Kannada : kuppe, guppe
Kannada meaning : heap, pile, dunghill
Kannada derivates : kuppaḷisu to heap, amass; kuppu to heap up; koppal heap
Kodagu : kuppɨ
Kodagu meaning : a dropping of dung
Tulu : kuppè, guppè, kippè, kompa, kompè
Tulu meaning : heap
Proto-Nilgiri : *kip (??)
Number in DED : 1731
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *kip
Meaning : rubbish
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Kota : kip "heap of weeds, rubbish"
Toda : kɨp
Additional forms : Also Kota ki(p) pāc rubbish heap near house where people defecate, defecation
Number in DED : 1731
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *kupp-
Meaning : heap, pile, collection, assmeblage, (MBE 1978) heap of dirt, dungheap
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : kuppa
Additional forms : Also guppu to place in heaps or lots; kuppãgūra abundance; in heaps, abundantly; [1] kopparamu, [2] kopramu increase, rise, swell; kopparincu to increase, rise, swell; kopparinta increasing
Number in DED : 1731
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kop-/*kup-
Meaning : to fill; heap, stack
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kolami (Setumadhava Rao) : kupp kal- "to gather"
Parji : kuppa "stack, mound"
Ollari Gadba : kop- "to be full, (river) overflows"
Salur Gadba : kuppā "heap"
Kondekor Gadba : kop- "to be full"
Additional forms : Also Parji kopp- to be full; kopip- (kopit-) to fill up; kopa full; koppa small hillock; Ollari kope hill, forest; Gadba_S3 kopup- to fill (tr.); koppen full
Notes : Evidence for two roots here, indeed, confirmed by external data.
Number in DED : 1731
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kup-
Meaning : heap, stack
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *kup-
Konda : kupa
Proto-Pengo-Manda : *kup-a
Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *kup-
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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *kup-
Meaning : heap, stack
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Muria Gondi : kupa
Maria Gondi : guppa
Seoni Gondi : kuppa
Koya Gondi : kuppa
Maria Gondi (Lind) : kupā kiyānā "to gather together"
Adilabad Gondi : kuppa
Additional forms : Also Gondi_L kupāhanā to gather, collect
Number in DED : 1731
Number in CVOTGD : 760
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Konda etymology :

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Konda : kupa
Meaning: heap (of grain)
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Additional forms : Also Konda kumba small conical heap
Number in DED : 1731
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Pengo-Manda etymology :

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Proto-Pengo-Manda : *kup-a
Meaning : heap
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Pengo : kupa "heap, stack"
Manda : kupa
Additional Forms : Also Pengo kupli mound of earth; Manda kupki- to fill
Number in DED : 1731
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *kup-
Meaning : hillock, mound
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Kui : kupa "hillock"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : kūpa "mound"
Kuwi (Schulze) : kuppu ānai "to overfill"
Sunkarametta Kuwi : kupli "hillock"
Parja Kuwi : kuppa "stack"
Notes : B & E put here also Kui kopa hump, cow's hump, which should instead belong to 1743; and Kuwi_Su gu'u hump of ox, which they put also in 1927 where it should belong indeed. Typical for our friends.
Number in DED : 1731
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North Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-North-Dravidian : *qop-
Meaning : to heap, pile up
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kurukh : xoppnā "to form into a pile, heap up"
Malto : qope "to heap, pile up; n. heap, pile"
Additional forms : Also KUR xoprnā to be heaped up; xopOrxolā, (Bleses also) xoporkā abundant, swarming; MLT qopre to come together, assemble.
Number in DED : 1731
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