tupi
See also: Tupi and tupí
Brunei Malay
Etymology
From Tamil தொப்பி (toppi), from Hindi टोपी (ṭopī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tupi/
- Hyphenation: tu‧pi
Noun
tupi
- hat (head covering)
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.
Old Tupi
Etymology
Unknown; according to Teodoro Sampaio, from (t-)uba ("father") + upi ("high", "elevated").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuˈpi/
Noun
tupi
- Tupi
Adjective
tupi
- Relating to the Tupi
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi tupi.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tuˈpi/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈpi/
- 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: língua geral, tupi clássico
- Nheengatu (a modern language of Brazil)
- Synonym: nheengatu
Derived terms
- tupi-guarani
Adjective
tupi m or f (plural tupis, not comparable)
- (relational) of the Tupi tribe or people
- (relational) of the Old Tupi language
- (relational) of the Nheengatu language
Related terms
- tupinambá
- tupiniquim
- tupismo
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *tupiq. Compare lupi and yupi.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tu‧pi
- IPA(key): /tuˈpiʔ/, [tʊˈpiʔ]
Noun
tupî
- fold; tuck
- Synonyms: lupi, tiklop
- pleat; plait
- Synonym: pliyeges
Derived terms
- magtupi
- maitupi
- matupi
- pantupi
- patupian
- patupiin
- tumupi
- tupian
- tupi-tupi
Etymology 2
See tupe.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tu‧pi
- IPA(key): /tuˈpi/, [tʊˈpi]
Noun
tupí
- Alternative form of tupe