tupi

See also: Tupi and tupí

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Tamil தொப்பி (toppi), from Hindi टोपी (ṭopī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tupi/
• Hyphenation: tu‧pi

Noun

tupi

1. hat (head covering)

Catalan

Verb

tupi

1. inflection of tupar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Farefare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tú.pí/

Noun

tupi

1. inner tube

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.pi/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Adjective

tupi (feminine tupie, masculine plural tupis, feminine plural tupies)

1. Tupi

Noun

tupi m (uncountable)

1. Tupi (the Tupi language)

Further reading

• “tupi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Iban

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay topi, from Tamil தொப்பி (toppi), from Hindi टोपी (ṭopī).

Noun

tupi

1. hat (head covering)

   Anak iya ngena tupi biru

   His child wears blue hat

Etymology 2

Verb

tupi

1. to take care of (animals)

   Tupi iya uduk dua iku

   She takes care of two dogs

2. to raise (children)

   Kenyau ari Alan mit, tupi aki iya laban apai indai iya udah midang

   Since Alan was little, grandpa raise him because his parents has passed away

Old Tupi

Etymology

From Tupi, a mythological figure said to be the ancestor of all Tupian peoples.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tupi (unpossessable)

1. Tupi (any of several related indigenous nations of coastal Brazil that spoke Old Tupi)
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^ço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 62r, lines 110–114; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 115:

     Queiçe raco amo canhemi / ogueijpa Magueape / abare ogoeraçoape. / naçauçubi inheguaçemi / Tupi çupa xerecoape.

     [Kûeîsé r'akó amõ kanhemi / ogûeîypa Magûeápe / abaré ogû erasoá'pe. / n'asaûsubi i nhegûasemi / tupi supa xe rekoá'pe.]

     Yesterday, for certain, some have gone missing, going down to Magûeá. Because the priests took them, I don't love them, they fled, visiting the Tupi in my home.

   • c. 1585, Joseph of Anchieta, “[Na Aldeia de Guaraparim] [In the Village of Guaraparim]” (chapter LXIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Guarapari, page 150, column 1, lines 183–192; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 284:

     Paranagoaçu raçapa / ibitiribo guibebebo / aço Tupi moangaipapa / ae re muru mõbapa / xeratape ceroiquebo

     Bae apiaba paipo?

     Tupinaquijã que igoara / tiapira moroupiara / muru anhe oyãgao / Doiabi angai Jaguara.

     [Paranãgûasu rasapa / ybytyrybo gûibebébo / asó tupi moangaîpapa / a'e ré muru mombapa / xe ratápe seroîkébo

     Mba'e apŷabap'aîpó?

     Tupinakyîa keygûara / tĩapyra moroupîara / muru anhẽ oîanga'o / Nd'oîabyangáî îagûara.]

     — Crossing the ocean, flying over the mountains, I went to make the Tupi sin, bringing them to my fire after that to kill the damned.

     — Which men are these?

     — The Tupiniquim, who live here, enemy informants. The damned, indeed, vituperate them! They truly are no different than the jaguars...

2. (strictly) the Tupian people that lived in the São Vicente capitancy.

Related terms

• tupigûaé
• tupiminó
• tupinakyîa
• tupinambá
• tupinikĩ
• tupiîó

Descendants

• Nheengatu: tupí
• → Portuguese: tupi

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tupí (1931-prescribed spelling or misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tupi.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈpi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈpi/

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: tu‧pi

Noun

tupi m or f by sense (plural tupis)

1. Tupi (a member of the Tupi tribes of Brazil)

Noun

tupi m (uncountable)

1. Old Tupi (an extinct language of Brazil)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tupi

2. (proscribed) Nheengatu (a modern language of Brazil)

   Synonym: nheengatu

Usage notes

Tupi was first used to refer to the language in early 20th century, making it an exonym. The Portuguese called it língua brasílica (“Brazilian language”) and língua geral (“General language”) in the 16th and 17th centuries, but there are no records of what name native speakers gave to it.

Derived terms

• tupi-guarani
• tupinologia
• tupinólogo
• tupismo

Related terms

• tupinambá
• tupiniquim

Adjective

tupi m or f (plural tupis, not comparable)

1. (relational) of the Tupi tribe or people
2. (relational) of the Old Tupi language
3. (relational, proscribed) of the Nheengatu language

Further reading

• “tupi”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tupi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *tupiq. Compare lupi and yupi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈpiʔ/ [t̪ʊˈpɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧pi

Noun

tupî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜉᜒ)

1. fold; tuck

   Synonyms: lupi, tiklop

2. pleat; plait

   Synonym: pliyeges

Derived terms

• magtupi
• maitupi
• matupi
• pantupi
• patupian
• patupiin
• tumupi
• tupi-tupi
• tupian
• tupiin

Etymology 2

See tupe.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈpi/ [t̪ʊˈpɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: tu‧pi

Noun

tupí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜉᜒ)

1. alternative form of tupe

Anagrams

• puti, Puti