קוּפְיָא m. (קוף or קפף) 1) wall, parapet. B. Bath. 73ᵃ רהיט אק׳ וכ׳ ran on the parapet of the wall of Maḥoza (Rashi: אקוּפֵי on the pinnacles). —2) circuit, trnsf. indirectness, implication. Yoma 50ᵇ, v. קְבִיעוּתָא; Zeb. 6ᵃ; 7ᵇ, v. קִבְעָא; [Rashi fr. קְפָא floating, unsettled condition.]—[Ḥull. 111ᵃ בקופיה, v. קוֹפָא II.]