Where does “tupaia” come from?

tupaia (Italian) comes from Malay tupai, from Quechua tupay — meeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring.

tupaia (Italian): treeshrew

Definitions

  1. treeshrew

Ancestry of “tupaia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytupaisquirrel; tree shrew
2Quechuatupaymeeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring
Every word from Quechua tupay →Every word from Malay tupai →