Tupi Definition

to͝o-pē
tupi
noun
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.
Webster's New World
The language of these peoples: an earlier form was used as a lingua franca in the Amazon region.
Webster's New World
A widely distributed South American Indian language stock that includes Tupí-Guaraní
Webster's New World
The Tupian language of the Tupí.
American Heritage
pronoun
The language of this tribe.
Wiktionary
The Tupi tribe of South America, in French Guiana.
Wiktionary

Tupi Sentence Examples

  • It is a large rodent known to the Tupi Indians as the paca-rana, or false paca, in allusion to the resemblance of its coloration to that of the true paca, from which it differs by its elldeveloped tail, the absence of cheek-pouches, the full development of all five toes and the wider thorax.

  • The Tupi name may be adopted as the popular title of the species.

  • The common language of the country is Guarani, although in a few districts Tupi is spoken.

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