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)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.pi/

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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Tupi tupi.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tupi m or f (plural s)

1. Tupi (a member of the Tupi tribe of South America)

tupi m (uncountable)

1. Old Tupi (an extinct language of South America)
2. Nheengatu (a modern language of South America)

Synonyms

• (Old Tupi): língua geral, tupi clássico
• (Nheengatu): nheengatu

Derived terms

• tupi-guarani

Adjective

tupi m or f (plural tupis, comparable, comparative no)

1. of the Tupi tribe or people
2. of the Old Tupi language
3. of the Nheengatu language

Related terms

• tupinambá
• tupiniquim
• tupismo