"Kurupira" meaning in Old Tupi

See Kurupira in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{head|tpw|proper noun}} Kurupira
  1. Name of a supernatural entity of Tupi Mythology, inhabitant of the forests, that had the feet turned backwards. Categories (topical): Folklore

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Tupi dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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