Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| acouchi acouchy | a relative of the AGOUTI. [Tupi acuchy]. |
| ai | the three-toed sloth. |
| anhinga | a kind of bird, the water turkey. [Tupi ayinga]. |
| ani | a tropical American bird. |
| anime animi | a tree resin. [Tupi wana'ni]. |
| arapaima | a large fresh-water food fish of South America, aka PIRARUCU. |
| araroba | a Brazilian tree; a bitter yellow powder, Goa powder, obtained from it and used as a purgative and in the treatment of skin disease; the powder is also known as CHRYSAROBIN. |
| araponga arapunga | the S. American bell-bird, aka CAMPANERO. |
| assai | a S. American palm. |
| babassu babacu | a Brazilian palm tree. [Brazilian Port. babaçú f. Tupi yb´ fruit + guasu large.] |
| balata | the gum of the bully-tree, used as a substitute for rubber. |
| buriti | a South American palm tree |
| bussu | a tropical American palm with gigantic leaves that serve for cloth. [Port. f. Tupi ubu-ussu, f. ubu leaf + ussu big.] |
| caatinga | in Brazil, open, low forest on white sandy soil derived from granite. [Port. f. Tupi, f. ca´ natural vegetation, forest + tinga white.] |
| candiru | a tiny S. American fish which can swim into a body orifice, where it attaches itself by means of a spine and feeds on blood and body tissue. [Tupi kandiru]. |
| capybara | a large S. American rodent. [Sp. capibara or Port. capivara, f. Tupi capiu´ra, f. capi grass + u´ra eater.] |
| caranna carauna | a resinous substance yielded by various S. American trees. [Spanish from Tupi]. |
| cariama seriema | a large South American bird related to the cranes. It preys upon snakes and is often domesticated. [Ult. from Tupi siriema, sariama, çariama, explained as 'crested']. |
| carnauba carnahuba | a S. American tree yielding a fine wax. |
| cashew | a large tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to tropical America and cultivated for its edible kidney-shaped nuts; the nut itself. [Tupi (a)caju)]. |
| cassareep cassaripe | the juice of the cassava root, made into syrup and used in sauces. |
| coaita | the native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles. |
| coati coatimundi | a tropical American plantigrade carnivorous mammal. |
| copaiba copaiva | a balsam of aromatic odour and acrid taste obtained from S. American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera. Formerly also, a tree yielding this. [Port. copaíba (whence Sp. copaiba) f. Tupi copaiba]. Also |
| cotinga | a passerine bird of the tropical American family Cotingidae, noted for its brilliant plumage. [Tupi cutinga]. |
| cumarin coumarin | an aromatic chromone, C9H6O2, with the smell of new- mown hay, occurring in various plants and used in perfumery etc. [Tupi cumaru, Tonka bean]. |
| genip genipap genipapo guinep | a tropical American tree, Genipa americana, which yields a dye used in tattooing; its fruit, resembling an orange in appearance. [Port. jenipapo f. Tupi ianipaba.] |
| guarana | a Brazilian liana, Paullinia cupana, of the soapberry family; a paste prepared from the seeds of this shrub, used as a food or medicine and esp. to make a drink resembling coffee. [Port. f. Tupi guaran´.] |
| guarani | a monetary unit of Paraguay. |
| igapo gapo | in Peru, a riverside forest periodically flooded. |
| igarape | a canoe waterway in Brazil. |
| jabiru | a large Brazilian stork. |
| jaborandi | a Brazilian plant; the sweat-inducing drug it yields |
| jaboticaba | a Brazilian tree of the myrtle family. |
| jacamar | any of various small insectivorous birds of tropical S. America of the family Galbulidae, with partly iridescent plumage. [Fr. from Tupi]. |
| jacana | a long-toed swamp bird. [Portuguese, from Tupi]. |
| jacaranda | a tropical tree with lilac-coloured flowers. [Portuguese, from Tupi]. |
| jacare | the caiman. |
| jaguarondi jaguarundi | a Brazilian wild cat. |
| jupati | a large Brazilian palm tree. [Tupi yupati]. |
| mandioc mandioca manioc manioca mandiocca manihoc manihot | a plant of the manioc genus; cassava. [Tupi mandioca]. |
| margay | an American wild cat (Felis tigrina), ranging from Mexico to Brazil. It is spotted with black. [Port. maracaj'a f. Tupi marakaya.] |
| massaranduba masseranduba maceranduba | the Brazilian milk-tree. |
| matamata | the bearded tortoise of South American rivers. [Portuguese, from Tupí matamat´]. |
| mico | the black-tailed marmoset. |
| miriti | any palm of the genus Mauritia. |
| moriche | a tall S. American palm, Mauritia flexuosa, used as a source of sago, fibre, and (from the sap) wine. [Carib morìche, morìchi, muriche = Tupi mburíti.] |
| motuca mutuca | a large Brazilian biting fly. [Port. f. Tupi mutuca]. |
| nandu nandoo nhandu | the RHEA, or S. American ostrich. |
| oiticica | any of several tropical S. American trees, whose crushed seeds yield an oil used in paints and varnishes. [Port. f. Tupi oitisica, f. uita plant name + isika resin.] |
| ouakari uakari | a short-tailed, long-haired monkey. |
| paca | a South American rodent, the spotted cavy. [Sp. & Port. f. Tupi p´ca]. |
| peba | a long-nosed armadillo of the genus Dasypus. [Tupi tatu-peba, f. tatu armadillo + peba low.] |
| perai pirai | a South American fish, the piranha. [Port. piraí f. Tupi, f. pir´ fish + í small]. |
| piasaba piassaba piasava piassava | a coarse stiff palm fibre for making brooms. [Port. f. Tupi piaç´ba]. |
| pichurim | a S. American tree, Nectandra pichurim, of the laurel family; (in full pichurim bean) the aromatic cotyledon of the seed of this tree, used in cookery and medicine. |
| pirana piranha piraya | a South American fish. [Port. f. Tupi pir´nye, pir´ya, f. pir´ fish + sainha tooth]. |
| pirarucu | a S. American fish, aka ARAPAIMA. [Port. f. Tupi, f. pir´ fish + urucú annatto, red]. |
| pium | a small troublesome Brazilian biting fly. |
| roucou | a bright orange colouring matter, aka ANNATTO. [Fr. ro(u)cou f. Galibi rucu var. of Tupi urucú]. |
| sagoin sagouin saguin | a kind of monkey, aka TITI. [Fr. sagoin, sagouin f. Port. sagüim, sagüi f. Tupi saui]. |
| sai | the capuchin monkey. [Fr. saï f. Port. f. Tupi sai]. |
| saimiri | a squirrel monkey. [Port. saimirim, f. Tupi sai, capuchin monkey, + mir, small.] |
| sajou sapajou | any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. [Ult. from Tupi sai, capuchin monkey + guassú large]. |
| sapucaia | a S. American tree, related to the Brazil nut; the oily edible seed of this. [Port. f. Tupi yasapukaya.] |
| sauba | a South American leaf-cutter ant. [Port. s´uva f. Tupi ys´uwa]. |
| taira tayra | a large S. American member of the weasel family. [Tupi taira]. |
| tamandu tamandua | a tropical American arboreal anteater having a dense furry coat. [Port. f. Tupi tamandu´, f. ta (contr. of taly) ant + monduar hunter]. |
| tamanoir | the giant anteater or ant-bear. [Fr. f. Carib tamanoà f. Tupi tamandu´]. |
| tanager | a brightly-coloured S. American bird. |
| tapir | an ungulate mammal of the genus Tapirus and family Tapiridae. [Sp. or Port., f. Tupi tapyra]. |
| taira tayra | a large S. American member of the weasel family. [Tupi taira]. |
| tayassuid | any member of the Tayassuid family of New World pigs. [Tupi tayau, peccary]. |
| tonka | as in tonka bean, a tall leguminous African tree with fragrant almond-shaped seeds. |
| toucan | a tropical bird with a large bill. [Fr. f. Port. tucano f. Tupi tucan, imit. of the bird's call.] |
| troelie troolie troely | an Amazonian palm tree, aka BUSSU; its immense leaf, used for thatching. [Tupi tururí]. |
| unai unau | a two-toed sloth. |
| urubu | the American black vulture. |
| ynambu | a very large South American TINAMOU. |