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kupuna

kupuna noun: a grandparent or elder.

Noun

kupuna (plural na kupuna or kupuna or kupunas)

  1. A grandparent or elder.
    • That's why, according to my kupunas, the chiefs had these male lovers. They were there to be with the chiefs as a friend and companion.2001, Andrew Matzner, O Au No Keia: Voices from Hawaii's Mahu and Transgender Communities

kupuna meaning in Bengali

kupuna in Bengali

মুরব্বি

Forms of kupuna

pluralna kupuna
pluralkupuna
pluralkupunas

Origin of kupuna

From Hawaiian kupuna.

Questions about kupuna

What does kupuna mean?
Kupuna means a grandparent or elder.
What is kupuna in Bengali?
Kupuna in Bengali is মুরব্বি. See Kupuna meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is kupuna?
Kupuna is a noun.
What is the plural of kupuna?
The plural of kupuna is na kupuna.

Words near kupuna in the dictionary

  1. Kupkas
  2. kupletskite
  3. kupo
  4. Kupreanof
  5. kupukupu
  6. kupuna
  7. kupunas
  8. Kupwara
  9. Kupwara District
  10. Kupyanka
  11. Kupyansk

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kupuna (page history and authors); kupuna (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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