tupiniquim
See also: Tupiniquim
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi tupinikĩ.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tu.pi.niˈkĩ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tu.pi.niˈkĩ/
- Rhymes: -ĩ
- Hyphenation: tu‧pi‧ni‧quim
Noun
tupiniquim m or f by sense (plural tupiniquins)
- Tupiniquim (a member of the Tupiniquim indigenous people)
Adjective
tupiniquim m or f (plural tupiniquins)
- Tupiniquim (of or relating to the Tupiniquim indigenous people)
- (colloquial, sometimes humorous or derogatory) Brazilian
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:brasileiro
Descendants
- → English: Tupiniquim
Further reading
- “tupiniquim”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “tupiniquim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026