Tupi-Guarani

American  

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

noun

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

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Tupi-Guarani British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• Tupi-Guaranian
  adjective

Example Sentences

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Tupi-Guarani

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

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

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

Their languages show affinity to the Tupi-Guarani stock.

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

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