Tupã

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See also: tupa and túpa

Guaraní

Proper noun

Tupã

  1. (Christianity) God

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree

    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tupã


    Old Tupi tupã


    Old Tupi Tupã

    From tupã (“thunder”).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Tupã

    1. Tupã (a Tupian deity, the personification of thunder)
    2. (Christianity, Late Tupi) God
      • 1645 October 21, Diogo Pinheiro Camarão, Letter to Baltazar Araberana, Gaspar Cararu, Jandaia and Pedro Valadin (Camarão Indians' letters; 6), page 2:
        […] peẽ Christam ramo pereco roije / Coy peẽ pecanhema rece natecatupe Erimae Chris/tam recou Paitupa raucuba peabo rau
        [Peẽ cristão-ramo pe rekoruînhẽ. Ko'y peẽ, pe kanhema resé, naeté katupe. Erima'e cristão rekóû, Pa'i Tupã raûsuba pe'abo ra'u.]
        You, as Christians, are sick. Now you, for your doom, are the most vunerable. In the past you were Christians, but you sadly left Lord God's love.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: Tupana, Tupã, Tupá
    • → Portuguese: Tupã

    References

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

    Paraguayan Guaraní

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    Tupã

    1. God (in Christianity)
    2. Tupã, Tupavẽ, Tenondete (in Guaraní mythology)

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Old Tupi Tupã.

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɐ̃
    • Hyphenation: Tu‧pã

    Proper noun

    Tupã m

    1. the god of thunder in Tupi mythology

    Proper noun

    Tupã f

    1. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil
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