Tupayú

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • Tapayú

Etymology

Ellipsis of Tupayú Paraná (literally “Tapajó's river”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tupaˈju/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: Tu‧pa‧yú
  • Homophone: tupayú

Proper noun

Tupayú (Lower Amazon, archaic)

  1. Tapajós (a tributary of the Amazon, Brazil)
    Synonyms: Paraná Pixuna, Tupayú Paraná
  2. Santarém (a municipality of Pará, Brazil)

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “Tupayú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 771–772
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