Where does “uakari” come from?

uakari (English) comes from Portuguese uacari, from Nhengatu wakarí.

uakari (English): Any of several arboreal monkeys, of the genus...

Definitions

  1. Any of several arboreal monkeys, of the genus...

Ancestry of “uakari”, step by step

uakari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese uacari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseuacaribald uakari (Cacajao calvus)
2Nhengatuwakarí—

via Brazilian Portuguese uacari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Brazilian Portugueseuacari—

Words derived from “uakari”

Every word from Nhengatu wakarí →Every word from Portuguese uacari →