sago

See also: Sago, sågo, and saĝo

English

Etymology

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 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. sago” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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

Noun

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

  1. arrow

Derived terms


Hausa

Noun

sagō m

  1. snake

Synonyms

  • macī̀jī

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɡo/, [ˈs̪äːɡo̞]
  • Hyphenation: sà‧go

Etymology 1

From Latin sāgus.

Adjective

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

  1. (archaic, literary) divining, prophetic, soothsaying
Synonyms

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

Japanese

Romanization

sago

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

Latin

Adjective

sāgō

  1. dative masculine singular of sāgus
  2. dative neuter singular of sāgus
  3. ablative masculine singular of sāgus
  4. ablative neuter singular of sāgus

Noun

sagō m

  1. singular dative of sagus
  2. singular ablative of sagus

Noun

sagō n

  1. singular dative of sagum
  2. singular ablative of sagum

References


Portuguese

Noun

sago m (plural sagos)

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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Noun

sago

  1. drip (of saliva, mucus, etc.)

Etymology 2

Noun

sagó

  1. sago palm tree and its white globular pearls used in make pudding
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