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sakawinki|sækəˈwɪŋkɪ|
Also 8–9 saccawinkee, 9 sakka winkee, 20 sak(k)iwinki(e.
[Corruptly a. Du. sagwijntje, dim. of sagwijn: see sagoin.]
A South American monkey, the White-headed Saki, Pithecia pithecia or capillamentosa. Also, a South American squirrel monkey of the genus Saimiri.
1769E. Bancroft Guiana 135 The Saccawinkee is the smallest of the Ape tribe in Guiana. 1796Stedman Surinam II. xvi. 13 So very delicate is the saccawinkee, and so sensible of the cold, that scarcely one of them is brought to Europe alive... The Dutch call them the shagarintee, from their being chagrined at the smallest trifle. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXIII. 396/1 Pithecia Capillamentosus, Spix;..Native of French Guiana, where it is called the Sakka Winkee, and also of Brazil. 1903Des Voeux Colonial Service I. 90 One or two sakawinki or marmoset monkeys. 1954G. Durrell Three Singles to Adventure i. 38 ‘What are they?’.. ‘Squirrel monkeys, but I don't know what they call them here.’ ‘Sakiwinkis, Chief.’ 1958J. Carew Black Midas vi. 102 Behind us, sakki-winki monkeys chattered, and toucans screamed. Ibid. vii. 155 Red howlers roared..and tinamous and saki-winkies joined in. |