sago

English

Etymology

Malay sagu, via Portuguese or Dutch.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪɡəʊ

Noun

sago (uncountable)

1. A powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener.
2. Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.

Derived terms

• sago pudding

Translations

a powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener

• Armenian: սագո (hy) (sago)
• Burmese: သာဂူ (my) (thà-gù)

  Mandarin: 西米 (cmn) (ximǐ), 西谷米 (cmn) (xī gú mǐ)

• Czech: ságo (cs) n
• Dutch: sago (nl) m
• Finnish: saago (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Sago (de) m

• Hungarian: szágó (hu), szágóliszt (hu)
• Italian: sagù (it) m
• Japanese: サゴ澱粉 (ja) (sago denpun)
• Malay: sagu (ms)
• Portuguese: sagu (pt) m
• Russian: саго (ru) (ságo) n
• Spanish: sagú m

any of the palms from which sago is extracted

• Czech: ságovník (cs) m
• Dutch: sago (nl) m
• Finnish: saagopalmu (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Sago (de) m
• Hungarian: szágó (hu), szágópálma (hu)

• Indonesian: sagu (id)
• Japanese: サゴヤシ (ja) (sago-yashi)
• Malay: pokok sagu (ms)
• Russian: саговая пальма (ságovaja pál’ma) f
• Spanish: sagú m

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• Mandarin: 西谷米 (xī gú mǐ)

See also

• sago palm

Anagrams

• goas

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Dutch

Etymology

Malay sagu

Noun

sago m (^??? please provide the plural!, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. A powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener.
2. Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.

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Noun

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

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Derived terms

• sagujo (“quiver”)

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Latin

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