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/

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

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

Noun

tupi

1. hat (head covering)

Old Tupi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tupi (unpossessable)

1. Tupi (any of several related indigenous nations of coastal Brazil that spoke Old Tupi)
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 33, lines 110–114; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

     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], Guarapari, page 142, lines 183–192; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

     — […] 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 îaguara...

     — 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

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: língua geral, tupi clássico

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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈpiʔ/, [tʊˈpiʔ]
• Hyphenation: 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

 

Etymology 2

See tupe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈpi/, [tʊˈpi]
• Hyphenation: tu‧pi

Noun

tupí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜉᜒ)

1. Alternative form of tupe