Tah., hupe, mucus, night-dew; hupe-hupe, dirty, despicable, mean.
Sam., sofe-sofe, native dish of yam cooked in juice of cocoa-nut.
Fiji., sove, ka-sove, soft, muddy, of earth.
Akin to
Sanskr., sūpa, broth, soup, sauce.
Goth., supon, sukwon, to season, as with salt. Sax. sipan, supan; O. H. Germ., supan, saufjan, to sup up, drink greedely, as beasts.
All referable to the Sanskr.-Polynes. su, hu, and its family of derivatives.
Greek, ņπος, juice, vegetable juice.
Possibly Lat. sapa, thickened must, new wine boiled down, connects itself with the foregoing."
(Fornander)