Common Lexeme

kuppa

Keywords: commerce

Pronunciation (IPA): 'kup.pa 
Part of Speech: term verb noun 
Class: happat 
Forms: kuppa, kuppaca, kuppakija, costo kuppa 
Glosses: loan, lend, borrow, lender, borrower, mortgage 

Description:

The term 'kuppa' comes fomr Old Common and pertains to lending. Its meaning is closest to the English 'loan' or 'lend'. The sense of 'borrow' is a lexical gap in Common, with no specific word with that meaning. Instead, 'kuppa' will be used with the borrower fronted.

Verb:

Kuppa is a ditransitive happat verb with an ergative lender, an absolutive thing lent and a dative borrower. The sense of borrowing is created by fronting the borrower.

Noun:

As a noun, 'kuppa' means a loan. The derived forms 'kuppaca' and 'kuppakija' means 'lender' and 'borrower' respectively.

All types of lending tend to use 'kuppa'. For example, mortgages are 'costo kuppa'.

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