Set: Some Tupi Terms
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All 42 Terms
| | Term | Definition |
|---|---|---|
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îub | yellow |
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oby | blue (green) |
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pirang | red |
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ting | white |
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una | black |
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ara | fire |
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itá | rock (stone, metal, mountain, island) |
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y | water (river) |
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yby | earth |
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abá | man (indian, human being) |
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aîuba | Frenchman (literally "yellow heads") |
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karaĩb | foreigner (white man, literally means "spirit of a dead person") |
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kuñã | woman |
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kuñãtai~ | girl |
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morubixaba | chief |
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peró | Portuguese (neologism) |
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sy | mother |
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tapyîa | slave (also the term for non-Tupi speaking Indians) |
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ûirá | child |
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a, akanga | head |
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etimã | leg |
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îyba | arm |
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pó | hand |
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py | foot |
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pŷa | heart |
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îagûar | jaguar |
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kaapiûara | capibara |
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mboî | snake (cobra) |
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pirá | fish |
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soó | game (animal) |
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tapyr | tapir |
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kaa, kaapi | grass (plant, ivy) |
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kuri | pine |
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oka | house ( village) |
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taba | collective house (Indian village) |
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asu, ûasu | big |
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beraba | brilliant (gleamy, shiny) |
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katu (ngatu, gatu) | good |
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mirĩ, í | little |
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panema | barren (contaminated, unhealthy, unlucky) |
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etá | many, much |
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ûera | bad (old, dead) |
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snifty : Changed beraba → brilliant, gleamy, shiny to beraba → brilliant (gleamy, shiny)
snifty : Changed y → water, river to y → water (river)
snifty : Changed oby → blue, green to oby → blue (green)
snifty : Changed mboî → snake, cobra to mboî → snake (cobra)
snifty : Changed abá → man (as opposite of woman), indian or aboriginal (as opposite of European), human being (as opposite of the animal world) to abá → man (indian, human being)
snifty : Changed panema → barren, contaminated, unhealthy, unlucky to panema → barren (contaminated, unhealthy, unlucky)
snifty : Changed ûera → bad, old, dead to ûera → bad (old, dead)
snifty : Changed karaĩb → foreigner, white man (literally means "spirit of a dead person") to karaĩb → foreigner (white man, literally means "spirit of a dead person")
snifty : Changed oka → house, village to oka → house ( village)
snifty : Changed taba → collective house, Indian village to taba → collective house (Indian village)
snifty : Changed itá → rock, stone, metal, mountain, island to itá → rock (stone, metal, mountain, island)
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Most Missed Words
- oby → blue (green) - 6 misses
- îyba → arm - 6 misses
- itá → rock (stone, metal, mountain, island) - 4 misses
- yby → earth - 3 misses
- aîuba → Frenchman (literally "yellow heads") - 3 misses
- pŷa → heart - 3 misses
- kuri → pine - 3 misses