tupi-guarani

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Pronunciation

Adjective

tupi-guarani m or f (plural tupi-guaranis or tupis-guaranis)

  1. of or relating to Tupi-Guarani languages
  2. of or relating to Tupi-Guarani tribes

Noun

tupi-guarani m (plural tupi-guaranis or tupis-guaranis)

  1. (uncountable) Tupi-Guarani (a subfamily of the Tupian language family of South America)
  2. the indigenous tribes of South America who speak Tupi-Guarani languages
  3. (uncountable, proscribed) any Tupi-Guarani language, especially Old Tupi
    • 2009, Janaina Melo, Guilherme Bueno, Marcio Harum, “Região Sudeste”, in Trilhas do desejo: a arte visual brasileira, São Paulo: Editora Senac, →ISBN, Sorocaba, page 145:
      Entre todos os seus professores e participantes, a queixa era a mesma entre a dezena deles: desde que a exposição anual Terra rasgada (o significado de Sorocaba, em tupi-guarani) se extinguiu por força de gestões políticas descontinuadoras dos processos de cultura, a visitação artística restringiu-se a frequentar e seguir apenas a agenda cultural da capital.
      Among all its teachers and participants, the complaint was the same among their dozens: since the Terra rasgada (the meaning of Sorocaba, in Tupi-Guarani) anual exposition was terminated by force of political management that discontinues cultural processes, the artistic viewing was limited to visiting and following the capital’s cultural agenda only.
    • 2017 May 11, Thierry Santos, Rui Sintra, “Física em tupi-guarani: educador da USP leva experimentos para aldeia”, in Jornal da USP‎, São Paulo, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2021-06-08:
      […] com base na apresentação feita pelo educador, os índios poderiam apresentar os mesmos experimentos aos seus estudantes, no idioma tupi-guarani.
      Based on the educator's presentation, the Indians could present the same experiments to their students, in the Tupi-Guarani language.

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