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Tupi

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Tupi

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

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