Tupã

See also: tupa and túpa

Guaraní

Proper noun

Tupã

  1. (Christianity) God

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From tupã (“thunder”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tuˈpã]
  • Rhymes: -ã
  • Hyphenation: Tu‧pã
  • Homophone: tupã

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 (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 482, column 2

Paraguayan Guaraní

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tuˈpã/

Noun

Tupã

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi Tupã.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tuˈpɐ̃/

  • 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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