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Tupi-Guarani
[ too-pee-gwahr-uh-nee, too-pee- ]
noun
- a family of Indian languages including Tupi, Guarani, lingua geral, and many others of central South America.
Tupi-Guarani
noun
- a family of South American Indian languages spoken in Brazil, Paraguay, and certain adjacent regions: possibly distantly related to Quechua
Derived Forms
- ˈճܱ辱ˌ-ҳܲˈԾ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ճ·辱-ҳܲ··Ծ· [too-, pee, -gwahr-, uh, -, nee, -, uh, n, too, -pee-], adjective noun
Example Sentences
The Parana - meaning "like the sea" in the Tupi-Guarani language spoken by local indigenous peoples, owing to its vastness - is formed by the convergence of two rivers in Brazil, the Rio Grande and the Paranaiba.
Tembe children attend school and learn about the tribe’s traditions while they grow up speaking Portuguese and their native Tenetehara tongue that is part of the Tupi-Guarani family of languages.
Tembe children attend school and learn about the tribe’s traditions while they grow up speaking Portuguese and their native Tenetehara tongue that is part of the Tupi-Guarani family of languages.
Arawak-speaking people appear to have moved in, jostling shoulders with people who spoke a Tupi-Guarani language.
He says he is a typical Brazilian and his name means "boy" in Tupi-Guarani indigenous language.
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