Old Tupi

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sagûi (Callithrix jacchus); sense 1

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sagûi (unpossessable)

  1. (North Tupi) common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)[1]
  2. (South Tupi) golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)[2]
    Synonym: sagûiîuba
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Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: sawĩ
  • Portuguese: sagui

References

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  1. ^ 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:Sagouy [Sagûi]
  2. ^ Duarte Fernandes (1511) Llyuro da náoo bertoa [] [1] (in Old Tupi); 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]