sagui

See also: sagüi

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sagüi (pre-1990 spelling)
• sagùi (pre-reform spelling)
• saguim, sauí, sauim, soim, sonhim, xauim

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi sagûi. First attested in 1511 in the logbook of the ship Bretoa.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈɡwi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈɡwi/ [sɐˈɣwi]

Noun

sagui m (plural saguis)

1. marmoset (any of several species of small, long-tailed monkeys)
   • 2022 March 10, L P Baçan, Contos, Causos e Piadas Caipiras‎, Editora Bibliomundi, →ISBN:

     O sagui, para quem não sabe, é um macaco pequeno, de cauda comprida, muito comum antigamente.

     The marmoset, for those who don't know, is a small monkey with a long tail, very common in the past.

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), 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

Further reading

• “sagui”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “sagui”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025