Tupã

See also: tupa and túpa

Guaraní

Proper noun

Tupã

(Christianity) God

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Tupana

Etymology

From tupã (“thunder”).[1]

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Tupã

Tupã (a Tupian deity, the personification of thunder)
(Christianity) God

Derived terms

Tupã Ta'yra
Tupã Tuba
tupãar
tupãerogûatá
tupãmongetá
tupãoka
tupãrara
tupãrerobîasare'yma
tupãrorypaba
tupãypy
tupãîoapyra

Descendants

Nheengatu: Tupana, Tupã, Tupá
→ Portuguese: Tupã

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “Tupã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 482, column 2

Paraguayan Guaraní

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuˈpã/

Noun

Tupã

God (in Christianity)
Tupã, Tupavẽ, Tenondete (in Guaraní mythology)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi Tupã.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈpɐ̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈpɐ̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃
Hyphenation: Tu‧pã

Proper noun

Tupã m

the god of thunder in Tupi mythology

Proper noun

Tupã f

A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

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