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name
An extinct South-American Indian language of the Tupí-Guaraní family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Old Tupi
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noun
A member of a particular Tupi ethnic group.
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History
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese tupinambá, borrowed from Old Tupi tupinambá, possibly from tupi (“Tupi”) + anama (“nation”) + mbá (“all”).
Across languages
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