tupi

IPA: tˈupi

Root Word: Tupi

Examples of "tupi" in Sentences

Comments on the Etusco-Latin tupi/tōfus connection
Comments on the Etusco-Latin tupi/tōfus connection...
Much shared Etrusco-Latin vocabulary shows Latin "o" in place of Etruscan "u", such as Latin tōfus/Etr tupi.
If you are suggesting "tupi" was a generic Etruscan word for "rock", there has to be a reason why it was then restricted to a particular porous volcanic rock.
Daniel: "If you are suggesting 'tupi' was a generic Etruscan word for 'rock', there has to be a reason why it was then restricted to a particular porous volcanic rock."
At this point it should be known that Etruscan tupi is attested in the Tarquinian Tomb of Orcus TLE 89 in the phrase Tupi Sispeś next to an image of a man carrying a boulder.