tupinikĩ

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tu.pĩ.niˈkĩ]
• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: tu‧pi‧ni‧kĩ

Noun

tupinikĩ (unpossessable)

1. Tupiniquim

   Synonym: tupinakyîa

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: tupiniquim
  • → English: Tupiniquim

References

• Hans Staden (1557) chapter XIIII, 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: “Tuppin Ikin [Tupinikĩ]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tupinikĩ”, 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 484, column 2