Tupi

Speech parts

1. Tupi - Noun

2. Tupi - Proper noun

Meaning

Tupi pl (plural only)

Several related indigenous nations of coastal Brazil.

Tupi

Any of the Tupian languages, especially Old Tupi or Nheengatu.

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The first grammar of the Tupi language was compiled by José de Anchieta and printed in Coimbra in 1595. Source: Internet

The most widely accepted origin of the word capoeira comes from the Tupi words ka'a ("jungle") e pûer ("it was"), referring to the areas of low vegetation in the Brazilian interior where fugitive slaves would hide. Source: Internet

The names by which the different Tupi tribes were recorded by Portuguese and French authors of the 16th century are poorly understood. Source: Internet

The "side-neighbors" (Tupiniquim) meant perhaps recent arrivals, still trying to jostle their way in. However, by 1870 the Tupi tribes population had declined to 250, 000 indígenas and by 1890 had diminished to an approximate 100,000 tribes. Source: Internet

Though relatively recently discovered, it has been known to the local Tupi people as caitetu munde, which means "great peccary which lives in pairs". Source: Internet

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