tupã

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

• tupá, tupan, tupâ, tupà (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi tupã, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tupã. Doublet of tupana.

Noun

tupã (plural tupã-itá) (archaic)

1. thunder

   Synonyms: iwaka-tiapú, iwitú-aíwa, tupakarú

2. lightning

   Synonyms: iwaka ratá, tupã-werawa, werawa, werawerawa

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “tupã”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 769

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• tupana

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tupã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈpã/
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: tu‧pã
• Homophone: Tupã

Noun

tupã (unpossessable)

1. thunder

   Synonyms: amãsununga, tupãsununga

2. (Christianity, Late Tupi) god; deity

Derived terms

• Tupã
• tupãsununga

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: tupã, tupana

Noun

tupã (possessable) (Christianity, Late Tupi)

1. divinity
2. holy day

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tupã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 482–483