Tupí
Tupí
Definition
Tupí (to̵̅o̅ pē′, to̵̅o̅′pē)
noun
- pl. Tu·pís′ or Tupí′ a member of a group of South American Indian peoples living chiefly along the Brazilian coast and the lower Amazon and in part of Paraguay
- the language of these peoples: an earlier form was used as a lingua franca in the Amazon region
- a widely distributed South American Indian language stock that includes Tupí-Guaraní
Etymology: Tupí, comrade
Tu·pi′an adjective
Browse dictionary entries near Tupí
- tup
- tunny
- tunneling
- tunnel vision
- tunnel disease
- tunnel diode
- tunnel
- tunnage
- Tunisia
- Tunis
- Tupí-Guaraní
- tupelo
- tuppence
- Tupungato
- tuque
- turban
- turbellarian
- turbid
- turbidimeter
- turbidite
