tupi

== Brunei Malay == === Etymology === From Tamil தொப்பி (toppi), from Hindi टोपी (ṭopī). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tupi/ Hyphenation: tu‧pi === Noun === tupi hat (head covering) == Catalan == === Verb === tupi inflection of tupar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Farefare == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tú.pí/ === Noun === tupi inner tube == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tu.pi/ === Adjective === tupi (feminine tupie, masculine plural tupis, feminine plural tupies) Tupi === Noun === tupi m (uncountable) Tupi (the Tupi language) === Further reading === “tupi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Iban == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Malay topi, from Tamil தொப்பி (toppi), from Hindi टोपी (ṭopī). ==== Noun ==== tupi hat (head covering) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== tupi to take care of (animals) to raise (children) == Old Tupi == === Etymology === From Tupi, a mythological figure said to be the ancestor of all Tupian peoples. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuˈpi/ Rhymes: -i Homophone: Tupi Hyphenation: tu‧pi === Noun === tupi (unpossessable) Tupi (any of several related indigenous nations of coastal Brazil that spoke Old Tupi) (strictly) the Tupian people that lived in the São Vicente capitancy. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: tupí → Portuguese: tupi === References === == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === tupí (1931-prescribed spelling or misspelling) === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Tupi tupi. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -i Hyphenation: tu‧pi === Noun === tupi m or f by sense (plural tupis) Tupi (a member of the Tupi tribes of Brazil) === Noun === tupi m (uncountable) Old Tupi (an extinct language of Brazil) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tupi (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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Adjective === tupi m or f (plural tupis, not comparable) (relational) of the Tupi tribe or people (relational) of the Old Tupi language (relational, proscribed) of the Nheengatu language === Further reading === “tupi”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tupi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Tagalog == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Philippine *tupiq. Compare lupi and yupi. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈpiʔ/ [t̪ʊˈpɪʔ] Rhymes: -iʔ Syllabification: tu‧pi ==== Noun ==== tupî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜉᜒ) fold; tuck Synonyms: lupi, tiklop pleat; plait Synonym: pliyeges ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See tupe. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈpi/ [t̪ʊˈpɪ] Rhymes: -i Syllabification: tu‧pi ==== Noun ==== tupí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜉᜒ) alternative form of tupe === Anagrams === puti, Puti