sagûi

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Old Tupi[edit]

sagûi (Callithrix jacchus); sense 1

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Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [saˈɡʷi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: sa‧gûi

Noun[edit]

sagûi (unpossessable)

  1. (North Tupi) common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
    • 1614, Claude d'Abbeville, chapter XLI, in Histoire de la Mission des Peres Capucins en Lªisle de Maragnan et terres circonuoisines [][1] (overall work in French and Old Tupi), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 252v:
      [] Sagouy []
      [ [] Sagûi [] ]
  2. (South Tupi) golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)
    Synonym: sagûiîuba
    • 1511, Duarte Fernandes, Llyuro da náoo bertoa [] [2]; Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen, editor, Diario da navegação de Pedro Lopes de Souza pela costa do Brazil até o Rio Uruguay (de 1530 a 1532), 4th edition, Rio de Janeiro: Typ. de D. L. dos Santos, 1867, page 108:
      [] çagoym []
      [ [] sagûĩ [] ]

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