Variant: also Tu · pi · nam · bá
Pronunciation: tü-p ə - ' nam-b ə , - ˌ nam- ' bä
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ba or -bas also -bá or bás
Date: 1810
1 : a member of a group of American Indian peoples who lived along a broad stretch of the Brazilian coast from the vicinity of Guanabara Bay to the mouth of the Amazon River
2 : the extinct language of the Tupinamba