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ipu

/ˈiːpuː/

ipu noun: a percussion instrument made from hollowed gourds, often used to provide a beat for hula dancing.

Noun

ipu (plural ipus or ipu)

  1. A percussion instrument made from hollowed gourds, often used to provide a beat for hula dancing.

Proper noun capitalized: IPU

IPU

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, humorous, informal, initialism) Initialism of Invisible Pink Unicorn.
  2. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Forms of ipu

pluralipus
pluralipu

Origin of ipu

From Hawaiian ipu.

Questions about ipu

What does ipu mean?
Ipu means a percussion instrument made from hollowed gourds, often used to provide a beat for hula dancing.
What part of speech is ipu?
Ipu can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ipu?
Ipu is pronounced /ˈiːpuː/.
What is the plural of ipu?
The plural of ipu is ipus.

Words near ipu in the dictionary

  1. IPTG
  2. IPTS
  3. IPTV
  4. iptycene
  5. iptycenes
  6. ipu
  7. IPUism
  8. ipus
  9. IPV
  10. IPv4
  11. IPv6

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ipu (page history and authors); IPU (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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