sago
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)
- A powdered starch obtained from certain palms (Metroxylon spp., esp. Metroxylon sagu), used as a flour and food thickener and for sizing textiles.
- A similar starch obtained from palm-like cycad, especially Cycas revoluta.
- Any of the palms and cycads from which sago starch is extracted.
Derived terms
- Portland sago
- sago palm (Metroxylon sagu etc.)
- sago pudding
- sago spleen
Translations
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See also
Etymology 2
Noun
sago (plural sagos)
- Alternative form of sego.
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “sago”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
Anagrams
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧go
Noun
sago
- sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)
- sago cycad (Cycas revoluta)
- starch from these plants
- a sago pearl or the similar-looking boba and landang
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:sago.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: sa‧go
Noun
sago m (uncountable)
- a powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener
- 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)
Derived terms
Hausa
Pronunciation
Noun
sagō m (possessed form sagon)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -aɡo
- Hyphenation: sà‧go
Etymology 1
Adjective
sago (feminine saga, masculine plural saghi, feminine plural saghe)
- (archaic, literary) divining, prophetic, soothsaying
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Latin sagum, sagus, from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos), perhaps of Gaulish origin.
Noun
sago m (plural saghi)
- (Ancient Rome) sagum, a military cloak
- (literary) synonym of saio
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
sago
Latin
Adjective
sāgō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sāgus
Noun
sagō m
- singular dative/ablative of sagus
Noun
sagō n
- singular dative/ablative of sagum
References
- "sago", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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)
- (historical) sagum (cloak worn by Gallic, Germanic and Roman soldiers)
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
sago n (uncountable)
Declension
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)
- sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)
- sago starch
- pearl sago
- (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)
Derived terms
- saguhan