Etymology

sajou

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Today it means: A spider monkey or capuchin. Full definition →

French sajou ← Tupian
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  1. Tupian · derived from
  2. French · derived fromsajou
  3. English todaysajou

From French sajou, from a Tupian word sai wassu, sai-guaçū (literally “big monkey”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.