Tupi

Variant of Tupí

Tupí definition

Tupí (to̵̅o̅ pē′, to̵̅o̅′pē)

noun

  1. pl. Tu·pís′ or Tupí 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
  2. the language of these peoples: an earlier form was used as a lingua franca in the Amazon region
  3. a widely distributed South American Indian language stock that includes Tupí-Guaraní

Etymology: Tupí, comrade

Also sp. Tupi

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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