tapuia

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === tapuio === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Tupi tapuîa. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ujɐ Hyphenation: ta‧pui‧a === Adjective === tapuia m or f (plural tapuias) (Brazil) (umbrella term) non-Tupi indigenous (derogatory) rude, ignorant === Noun === tapuia m or f (plural tapuias) (Brazil) (umbrella term, historical) a non-Tupi native of Brazil, usually of the Jê ethnicity, which inhabited the interior (non-coastal) areas of what is now Brazil (derogatory) a native who, subordinated to whites, lost part of his or her own culture (derogatory) caboclo, a person of mixed white and indigenous ethnicity (North Brazil, nautical) a type of river vessel, with a flat bottom, open mouth and planked hull, used for fishing and transportation === References === === Further reading === “tapuia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tapuia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026