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See also: Sago, sågo, and saĝo

English

pearled sago
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Etymology

From Malay sagu, via Portuguese sagu or Dutch sago.

Pronunciation

Noun

sago (countable and uncountable, plural sagos or sagoes)

  1. A powdered starch obtained from certain palms (Metroxylon spp., esp. Metroxylon sagu), used as a flour and food thickener and for sizing textiles.
  2. A similar starch obtained from a palm-like cycad (Cycas revoluta).
  3. Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sago”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧go

Noun

sago

  1. sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)
  2. sago cycad (Cycas revoluta)
  3. starch from these plants
  4. a sago pearl or the similar-looking boba and landang

Quotations

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Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Malay sagu

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sa‧go

Noun

sago m (uncountable)

  1. A powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener.
  2. Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin sagitta. Doublet of Sagitario.

Pronunciation

Noun

sago (accusative singular sagon, plural sagoj, accusative plural sagojn)

  1. arrow
  2. (darts) dart
    Synonyms: sageto, pikilo

Derived terms

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

sagō m (possessed form sagon)

  1. snake
    Synonym: macī̀jī

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Hyphenation: sà‧go

Etymology 1

From Latin sāgus.

Adjective

sago (feminine saga, masculine plural saghi, feminine plural saghe)

  1. (archaic, literary) divining, prophetic, soothsaying
    Synonyms: presago, profetico
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin sagum, sagus, from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos), perhaps of Gaulish origin.

Noun

sago m (plural saghi)

  1. (Ancient Rome) sagum, a military cloak
  2. (literary) Synonym of saio

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

sago

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さご
  2. Rōmaji transcription of サゴ

Latin

Adjective

sāgō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sāgus

Noun

sagō m

  1. singular dative/ablative of sagus

Noun

sagō n

  1. singular dative/ablative of sagum

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Noun

sago m (plural sagos)

  1. (historical) sagum (cloak worn by Gallic, Germanic and Roman soldiers)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sagou.

Noun

sago n (uncountable)

  1. sago

Declension

declension of sago (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sago sagoul
genitive/dative (unui) sago sagoului
vocative sagoule

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sagu (“processed sago, prepared starch from the sago palm”). Compare Bikol Central sago, Cebuano sago, Javanese ꦱꦒꦸ (sagu), and Malay sagu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈɡo/,
  • Hyphenation: sa‧go

Noun

sagó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄᜓ)

  1. sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)
  2. sago starch
  3. pearl sago
  4. (colloquial, by extension) tapioca pearl

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɡo/,
  • Hyphenation: sa‧go

Noun

sago (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄᜓ)

  1. oozing fluid (from a wound, boil, rotting meat or fish, etc.)
    Synonyms: kayat, tagas, daloy
  2. oozing; slow flow
    Synonyms: tagas, daloy, kayat, pagtagas, pagdaloy, pagkayat
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