LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

Tupinambae

Tupinambae f pl (genitive Tupinambārum)

Meaning

  1. New LatinfemininepluralTupinambá
    A flumine, quod vocant Regale (Rio Real) ad fines Præfecturæ Inſularum (vulgo los Ilheos incolunt Tupinabæ^([sic]), & ipſi inter ſe diſcordes: nam qui circa ſinum omnium Sanctorum degunt, juges exercent inimicitias cum iis, qui juxta Camanu & Intrare ſedes habent.1633, Joannes de Laet, chapter III, in Novus Orbis seu descriptionis Indiae Occidentalis Libri XVIII, book XV (Brasilia), Leiden: Elzevirios, page 546:
    Iabirv Gvacv Petiguaribus, Nhandu apoa Tupinambis[…][Its name is] “îabirugûasu” for the Potiguaras and “nhanduapu'a” for the Tupinambás.1648, Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso, Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book V, chapter VI, Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 200:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—Tupinambae
genitive—Tupinambārum
dative—Tupinambīs
accusative—Tupinambās
ablative—Tupinambīs
vocative—Tupinambae

Origins

  1. Old TupiTupi
  2. Old Tupitupi
  3. Old Tupianama
  4. Proto-Tupi-Guarani*paβ
  5. Old Tupimbá
  6. LatinTupinambae

Old Tupi tupinambábor. Latin Tupinambae Borrowed from Old Tupi tupinambá.

Descendants
  • TranslingualTupinambis

Quick answers

What does Tupinambae mean in Latin?
Tupinambae, a noun, means “Tupinambá”.
What is the genitive of Tupinambae?
The genitive singular is Tupinambārum. Tupinambae is feminine, first declension.
Where does Tupinambae come from?
Old Tupi Tupi → Old Tupi tupi → Old Tupi anama → Proto-Tupi-Guarani *paβ → Old Tupi mbá → Latin Tupinambae.