Tupã

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See also: tupa and túpa

Guaraní

Proper noun

Tupã

  1. (Christianity) God

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From tupã (“thunder”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Tupã

    1. Tupã (a Tupian deity, the personification of thunder)
    2. (Christianity, Late Tupi) God
      • 1557, Hans Staden, chapter 20, in Warhaftige [Hiſtoria und] beſchꝛeibung eyner Landtſchafft der wilden nacketen/grimmigen menſchfreſſer leuthen/in der newenwelt America gelegen [True history and description of a land of wild, naked, fierce man-eating people located in the New World of America] (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page:
        Ne mungitta dee Tuppan do Quabe anamaſu y an dee Imme Ranni me ſiſe […]
        [Emongetá nde Tupã t'okûab é amanusu îandé momarane'yma resé […] ]
        Ask your God to truly make the storm pass so that it does not harm us.
      • 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 [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (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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