sago

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪɡəʊ

Noun

sago (countable and uncountable, plural sagos)

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.

References

Anagrams

• Gaos, Gosa, goas

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.

Noun

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

1. arrow

Noun

sagō m

1. snake

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin sāgus.

Etymology 2

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

Romanization

sago

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

Adjective

sāgō

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

Noun

sagō m

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

sagō n

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

References

• sago in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Noun

sago m (plural sagos)

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

Noun

sago

1. drip (of saliva or mucus)

Noun

sagó

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