tapuîa

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taˈpu.ja/
Rhymes: -uja
Hyphenation: ta‧pu‧îa

Alternative forms

tapu'yîa, tapy'yîa

Noun

tapuîa (unpossessable)

a non-Tupi Native American

Noun

tapuîa (female equivalent tapuîpera) (possessable)

slave man
Synonym: miaûsuba

Derived terms

tapy'ymirĩ
tapy'yîuna

Descendants

→ Portuguese: tapuia

Alternative forms

tapyîa

Noun

tapuîa (possessable)

shack (crude, roughly built hut or cabin)
ramada

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tapuîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 464, column 1

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