Crossword-Solution: CHUPA 5 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

That two chupas of rice (_vide_ Rice measure) and ten cents of a peso should be given to each adult, and one chupa of rice to each minor each day during the first six months from the date of their embarking.

The natives measure and sell rice (Tagálog, _bigas_) and paddy (Tagálog, _palay_) by the caban and its fractions; the caban dry measure is as follows, viz:-- 4 Apatans = 1 Chupa; 8 Chupas = 1 Ganta; 25 Gantas = 1 Caban, the equivalent of which in English measure is thus, viz:-- 1 Atapan = .16875 of a pint.

Never had Hardy seen it more peaceful, and as he climbed the Indian steps and stood beneath the elder, where _Chupa Rosa_ had built her tiny nest his heart leapt suddenly as he remembered Lucy.

The buri leaflets are then placed in a vessel containing two gantas of sappan wood (see dyes), one-half liter of lime water, and one chupa of tobacco leaves.

The material is then placed in a vessel containing one ganta of powdered turmeric (see dyes), one chupa of powdered annatto seeds (see dyes), one liter of lime water, and sufficient clear water to cover the buri, and is boiled in this mixture for five hours, with frequent stirring.