sago
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Malay sagu, via Portuguese sagu or Dutch sago.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Philippines) IPA(key): /sɐˈɡo/
- Rhymes: -eɪɡəʊ
Noun
editsago (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 a palm-like cycad (Cycas revoluta).
- Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.
Derived terms
editTranslations
edit
|
|
See also
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editsago (plural sagos)
- Alternative form of sego
References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sago”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
editAnagrams
editCebuano
editPronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: sa‧go
Noun
editsago
- sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)
- sago cycad (Cycas revoluta)
- starch from these plants
- a sago pearl or the similar-looking boba and landang
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:sago.
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: sa‧go
Noun
editsago m (uncountable)
- a powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener
- any of the palms from which sago is extracted
Esperanto
editEtymology
editFrom Latin sagitta. Doublet of Sagitario.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsago (accusative singular sagon, plural sagoj, accusative plural sagojn)
Derived terms
editHausa
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsagō m (possessed form sagon)
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editsago (feminine saga, masculine plural saghi, feminine plural saghe)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Latin sagum, sagus, from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos), perhaps of Gaulish origin.
Noun
editsago m (plural saghi)
Anagrams
editJapanese
editRomanization
editsago
Latin
editAdjective
editsāgō
Noun
editsagō m
Noun
editsagō n
References
edit- 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
editPronunciation
edit
Noun
editsago m (plural sagos)
- (historical) sagum (cloak worn by Gallic, Germanic and Roman soldiers)
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editsago n (uncountable)
Declension
editTagalog
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saˈɡo/ [sɐˈɣo]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: sa‧go
Noun
editsagó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄᜓ)
- sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)
- sago starch
- pearl sago
- (colloquial, by extension) tapioca pearl
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saʀu (“body fluid from a corpse; fluid oozing from a wound”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsaɡo/ [ˈsaː.ɣo]
- Rhymes: -aɡo
- Syllabification: sa‧go
Noun
editsago (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄᜓ)
Derived terms
editAnagrams
edit- English terms borrowed from Malay
- English terms derived from Malay
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪɡəʊ
- Rhymes:English/eɪɡəʊ/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Gymnosperms
- en:Palm trees
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- ceb:Cooking
- ceb:Foods
- ceb:Palm trees
- ceb:Gymnosperms
- Dutch terms derived from Malay
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch uncountable nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Esperanto terms derived from Latin
- Esperanto doublets
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/aɡo
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto nouns
- eo:Darts
- eo:Archery
- Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hausa lemmas
- Hausa nouns
- Hausa masculine nouns
- ha:Reptiles
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/aɡo
- Rhymes:Italian/aɡo/2 syllables
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian lemmas
- Italian adjectives
- Italian archaic terms
- Italian literary terms
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Ancient Rome
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin adjective forms
- Latin noun forms
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese terms with historical senses
- pt:Clothing
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian uncountable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/o
- Rhymes:Tagalog/o/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog colloquialisms
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aɡo
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aɡo/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation