Tupi-Guarani

American

[too-pee-gwahr-uh-nee, too-pee-] / tuˈpiˌgwɑr əˈni, ˈtu pi- /

noun

a family of Indian languages including Tupi, Guarani, lingua geral, and many others of central South America.

Tupi-Guarani British

noun

a family of South American Indian languages spoken in Brazil, Paraguay, and certain adjacent regions: possibly distantly related to Quechua

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Tupi-Guaranian adjective

Example Sentences

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The thorniest issues were bundled into a "mutirao" pact -- the summit's slogan, drawn from the Tupi-Guarani word for "collective effort."

From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025

They speak a language in the Tupi-Guarani group, one of the most important Indian language families in South America but one not common in Bolivia.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Arawak-speaking people appear to have moved in, jostling shoulders with people who spoke a Tupi-Guarani language.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

V. The Tupi-Guarani have one word only to express all the varieties of love known to them—aihu.

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus

Their languages show affinity to the Tupi-Guarani stock.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

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