Associations to the word «Tupi»

Wiktionary

TUPI, proper noun. The Tupi tribe of South America, in French Guiana.
TUPI, proper noun. The language of this tribe.

Dictionary definition

TUPI, noun. A member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay.
TUPI, noun. The language spoken by the Tupi of Brazil and Paraguay.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats