Where does “ツパイ” come from?

ツパイ (Japanese) comes from Malay tupai, from Quechua tupay — meeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring.

ツパイ (Japanese): tree shrew

Definitions

  1. tree shrew

Ancestry of “ツパイ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytupaisquirrel; tree shrew
2Quechuatupaymeeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring
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