Tupi-Guarani

[ too-pee-gwahr-uh-nee, too-pee- ]

noun

1. a family of Indian languages including Tupi, Guarani, lingua geral, and many others of central South America.

Tupi-Guarani

noun

1. a family of South American Indian languages spoken in Brazil, Paraguay, and certain adjacent regions: possibly distantly related to Quechua

Derived Forms

• ˈTupiˌ-Guaraˈnian, adjective

Other Words From

• Tu·pi-Gua·ra·ni·an [too-, pee, -gwahr-, uh, -, nee, -, uh, n, too, -pee-], adjective noun

Example Sentences

The two-day competition last weekend in southern Sao Paulo state was not exactly the Olympics, but some of the friendly spirit of the past echoed among about 120 athletes of the Guarani, Tupi-Guarani and Fulnió ethnicities - plus 21 of their non-Indigenous friends allowed to compete at the Piacaguera Indigenous land.

From Washington Times

The two-day competition last weekend in southern Sao Paulo state was a not exactly the Olympics, but some of the friendly spirit of the past echoed among about 120 athletes of the Guarani, Tupi-Guarani and Fulnió ethnicities — plus 21 of their non-Indigenous friends allowed to compete at the Piacaguera Indigenous land.

From Seattle Times

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.

From Reuters

Ancestors of the Arawak, Tupi-Guarani and Pano linguistic groups overlapped here, farming, fishing and foraging amid the forest and extending networks of migration, trade and cultural exchange as far as the Orinoco Basin, the Gran Chaco forest and the Andes.

From The Guardian

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.

From Seattle Times