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Old Tupi
Noun
sapaîu (unpossessable)
- sapajou. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:
- black-striped capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus)
- Kaapori capuchin (Cebus kaapori)
Descendants
References
- Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XLI, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 252v: “Sapaiou [Sapaîu]”
- Yves d’Évreux (1613–1614) chapter XLV, in Suite de l’Histoire des Choses plus mémorables, advenuës en Maragnan és années 1613 et 1614, volume 2, part 1 (overall work in French), Paris: François Huby, published 1615, page 400: “Sapaious [Sapaîu]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sapaîu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 437, column 2