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)

1. Several related indigenous nations of coastal Brazil.

Proper noun

Tupi

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

Derived terms

• Tupian

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

1. 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