Main Entry:

Tu·pi

Variant(s):

also Tu·pí \tü-ˈpē, ˈtü-(ˌ)\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural Tupi or Tupis also Tupí or Tupís

Date:

1842

1 : tupinamba 2 : a language family of lowland South America that includes Tupi-Guarani and the speech of a number of other peoples living mainly in Brazil south of the Amazon River

— Tu·pi·an \-ən\ adjective or noun