sapaîu

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Old Tupi

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    Noun

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    sapaîu (unpossessable)

    1. sapajou. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:
      1. black-striped capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus)
      2. Kaapori capuchin (Cebus kaapori)

    Descendants

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    • → Brazilian Portuguese: sapaju
    • → French: sapajou

    References

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    • 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
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