tapuîa

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • tapu'yîa, tapy'yîa

Noun

tapuîa (unpossessable)

  1. a non-Tupi Native American

Noun

tapuîa (possessable, female equivalent tapuîpera)

  1. slave man
    Synonym: miaûsuba
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Portuguese: tapuia

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapiɨj.

Alternative forms

  • tapyîa

Noun

tapuîa (possessable)

  1. shack (crude, roughly built hut or cabin)
  2. ramada

Further reading

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