tupã

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

tupá, tupan, tupâ, tupà (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi tupã, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tupã.[1]

Noun

tupã

(archaic) thunder
Synonyms: iwaka-tiapú, iwitú-aíwa, tupakarú
(archaic) lightning
Synonyms: iwaka ratá, tupã-werawa, werawa, werawerawa

References

Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (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 (“thunder”).[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tupã (unpossessable)

thunder
Synonyms: amãsununga, tupãsununga
(Christianity, Late Tupi) god; deity

Derived terms

Descendants

Nheengatu: tupã, tupá, tupan, tupâ, tupà, tupana

Noun

tupã (possessable)(Christianity, Late Tupi)

References

Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tupã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎ (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 482–483

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