pupé

Old Tupi

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní pype.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [puˈpɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: pu‧pé

Postposition

pupé

1. inside of

   I tyb mba'eetá xe karamemûã pupé. ― There are many things inside of my box.

2. (instrumental) with

   Oroîuká xe kysé pupéne. ― I will kill you with my knife.

3. (temporal) in

   kó somana pupé ― in this week

Descendants

• Nheengatu: pupé

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pupîara”, 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 411, column 1