Tupi

noun

Tu·pi tü-ˈpē

ˈtü-(ˌ)pē

variants or less commonly Tupí

plural Tupi or Tupis also Tupí or Tupís

: tupinamba

: a language family of lowland South America that includes Tupi-Guarani and the speech of a number of other peoples living mainly in Brazil south of the Amazon River

Tupian

tü-ˈpē-ən

ˈtü-(ˌ)pē-

adjective or noun

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The first books Europeans wrote about the Tupi portrayed them as practitioners of ritual cannibalism, and the Group of Five metaphorically repurposed that notion. —