tapuîa

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Old Tupi

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taˈpu.ja/
  • Rhymes: -uja
  • Hyphenation: ta‧pu‧îa

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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tapuîa (unpossessable)

  1. a non-Tupi Native American

Noun

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tapuîa (possessable, female equivalent tapuîpera)

  1. slave man
    Synonym: miaûsuba
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Portuguese: tapuia

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapiɨj.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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tapuîa (possessable)

  1. shack (crude, roughly built hut or cabin)
  2. ramada

Further reading

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