"HUPE, s. Haw., mucus from the nose, snot, slime.

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., sûpa, 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, òπος, juice, vegetable juice.

Possibly Lat. sapa, thickened must, new wine boiled down, connects itself with the foregoing."

(Fornander)