sago

See also: Sago, sågo, and saĝo

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseɪɡəʊ/
  • (Philippines) IPA(key): /sɐˈɡo/
  • Rhymes: -eɪɡəʊ

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 palm-like cycad, especially Cycas revoluta.
  3. Any of the palms and cycads from which sago starch is extracted.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Noun

sago (plural sagos)

  1. Alternative form of sego.

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “sago”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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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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Dutch

Etymology

From 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 or other plants 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: sageto, pikilo

Derived terms

  • sage (like an arrow; headlong)
  • sageto (dart)
  • sagi (to dart)
  • sagisto (archer)
  • 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

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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

Borrowed from French sagou.

Noun

sago n (uncountable)

  1. sago

Declension

Declension of sago
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative sago sagoul
genitive-dative 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), Malay sagu, and Spanish sagú.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saˈɡo/ [sɐˈɣo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: 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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saʀu (body fluid from a corpse; fluid oozing from a wound).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsaɡo/ [ˈsaː.ɣo]
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Syllabification: 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
Derived terms
  • saguhan

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