kuppa
Keywords: commerce
| Pronunciation (IPA): | 'kup.pa |
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| 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'.