sago

See also: Sago, sågo, and saĝo

English

Etymology

From Malay sagu, via Portuguese or Dutch[1].

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪɡəʊ

Noun

sago (countable and uncountable, plural sagos or sagoes)

  1. A powdered starch obtained from certain palms and used as a food thickener.
  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 (2001–2023), sago”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams


Dutch

Etymology

Malay sagu

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • 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

  • IPA(key): [ˈsaɡo]
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Hyphenation: sa‧go

Noun

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

  1. arrow
  2. (darts) dart

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • sageto (dart)
  • sagisto (archer)
  • sagi (to dart)
  • sagujo (quiver)

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sá.ɡóː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sə́.ɡʷóː]

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

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

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɡu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɡo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɡu/ [ˈsa.ɣu]

Noun

sago m (plural sagos)

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French sagou.

Noun

sago n (uncountable)

  1. sago

Declension


Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sagó

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧go
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɡo/, [ˈsa.ɣo]

Noun

sago

  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
Derived terms
  • saguhan
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