Tupi

or Tu·pí

[ too-pee, too-pee ]

/ tuˈpi, ˈtu pi /

noun, plural Tu·pis, (especially collectively) Tu·pi for 1.

a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.

the language spoken in northern Brazil by the Tupi Indians.

Related formsTu·pi·an, adjective

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Examples from the Web for tupi

Tupi was by no means willing to lose the beauty, and set out after her with swinging strides, but in vain.
An Introduction to Mythology|Lewis Spence
Tupi angrily repeated his order and made as if to strike the inattentive bird.
An Introduction to Mythology|Lewis Spence
And whatever the name may have signified in the language of the Red Bones, its Tupi definition fitted with disagreeable precision.
The Pathless Trail|Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
When and where the Babel existed, whence the many branches of the great Tupi family separated, we know not.
The Andes and the Amazon|James Orton

Martius1527 has since indicated, in the Tupi language of Brazil, the names pacoba or bacoba.
Origin of Cultivated Plants|Alphonse De Candolle

British Dictionary definitions for tupi

Tupi

/ (tuːˈpiː) /

noun

plural -pis or -pi a member of a South American Indian people of Brazil and Paraguay

the language of this people, belonging to the Tupi-Guarani family

Derived FormsTupian, adjective

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