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TUPI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tupi mean? 

TUPI (noun)
  The noun TUPI has 2 senses:

1. a member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguayplay

2. the language spoken by the Tupi of Brazil and Paraguayplay

  Familiarity information: TUPI used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TUPI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Tupi" is a kind of...):

South American (a native or inhabitant of South America)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The language spoken by the Tupi of Brazil and Paraguay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Tupi" is a kind of...):

Tupi-Guarani; Tupi-Guarani language (a family of South American Indian languages)


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