ngupes verb English. Decreases in size of swelling on one's body, of plants, food, shrinks. Example sentence: Subanen. Su telung, milingawan lai lempanay, mingupes na pati', miglaat na, mabu' iin. English. We forgot to cook the eggplant; and it has totally shrunk up; it is probably no good now. Generic. ika' ??; engkan ??