Tupi

See also: tupi and tupí

English

Etymology

From Old Tupi tupi.

Pronunciation

enPR: to͞oʹpĭ, to͞opēʹ, IPA^(key): /ˈtuːpɪ/, /tuːˈpiː/
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Tupi pl (plural only)

Several related indigenous nations of coastal Brazil.

Proper noun

Tupi

Any of the Tupian languages, especially Old Tupi or Nheengatu.

Derived terms

Translations

a Tupian language

Esperanto: tupio (eo)
Finnish: tupi (fi)
French: tupi (fr) m
Galician: tupí m
Nheengatu: tupí
Portuguese: tupi (pt) m
Spanish: tupí (es) m

Further reading

Tupi people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tupian languages on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ethnologue entry for Tupí, tpw ⁠ (extinct)
Ethnologue entry for Tupinambá, tpn ⁠ (extinct)
Ethnologue entry for Cocama-Cocamilla, cod ⁠
Ethnologue entry for Modern Tupí, yrl ⁠

Anagrams

ptui, puit, tipu

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuˈpi/
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: tu‧pi
Homophone: tupi

Proper noun

Tupi

a mythological figure said to be the ancestor of all Tupian peoples

Derived terms

tupi

Descendants

→ Portuguese: Tupi

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Tupi”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 484, column 1