Where does “Tupaia” come from?

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

Tupaia (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Tupaia”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Tupaia”

Every word from Quechua tupay →Every word from Malay tupai →
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