sago

See also: Sago, sågo, and saĝo

English

pearled sago

Etymology 1

From Malay sagu, via Portuguese sagu or Dutch sago.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪɡəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (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

• Portland sago
• sagolike
• sago palm (Metroxylon sagu etc.)
• sago pudding
• sago spleen

Translations

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

• Armenian: սագո (hy) (sago)
• Assamese: চাগু (sagu)
• Bajau:

  West Coast Bajau: mbuung

• Bulgarian: палмово нишесте n (palmovo nišeste)
• Burmese: သာဂူ (my) (sagu)
• Catalan: sagú (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 西米 (sai¹ mai⁵)

  Mandarin: 西米 (zh) (xīmǐ), 西谷米 (xīgǔmǐ)

• Czech: ságo (cs) n
• Dutch: sago (nl) m
• Finnish: saago (fi)
• French: sagou (fr) m
• German: Sago (de) m or n
• Hindi: साबू m (sābü), साबूदाना (hi) m (sābūdānā)
• Hungarian: szágó (hu), szágóliszt
• Ido: saguto (io)
• Imonda: es
• Italian: sagù m
• Japanese: サゴ澱粉 (sago denpun)
• Malay: sagu (ms), ambuyat (ms)
• Malayalam: ചവ്വരി (ml) (cavvari)
• Māori: hēko
• Mon: သာဂူ
• Polish: sago (pl) n
• Portuguese: sagu (pt) m
• Russian: са́го (ru) n (ságo)
• Shan: ႀႃႇၵူႇ (xàa kùu), သႃႇၵူႇ (sàa kùu)
• Spanish: sagú (es) m
• Thai: สาคู (th)
• Tok Pisin: saksak
• Turkish: sagu (tr), hint irmiği

any of the palms from which sago is extracted

• Bulgarian: сагова палма f (sagova palma)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: ságovník m
• Dutch: sago (nl) m
• Finnish: saagopalmu (fi)
• French: sagoutier (fr) m
• German: Sago (de) m
• Hungarian: szágó (hu), szágópálma (hu)
• Ido: sagutiero (io)
• Indonesian: sagu (id)
• Japanese: サゴヤシ (sago-yashi)
• Malay: rumbia (ms), pokok sagu
• Polish: sago (pl) n
• Portuguese: sagu (pt) m, saguzeiro m
• Russian: са́говая па́льма f (ságovaja pálʹma)
• Spanish: sagú (es) m
• Tok Pisin: saksak

See also

• sago palm

Etymology 2

Noun

sago (plural sagos)

1. Alternative form of sego.

Further reading

• “sago”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• sago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gaos, Ogas, AOGs, Gosa, goas

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

Anagrams

• asog

Dutch

Etymology

From Malay sagu.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: sa‧go

Noun

sago m (uncountable, no diminutive)

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/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: 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”)

Further reading

• “sago”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “sago”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

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

Related terms

• saga

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

Anagrams

• gaso, gasò, soga

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

• "sago", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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/

• (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)

Further reading

• “sago”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sago”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sagou.

Noun

sago n (uncountable)

1. sago

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 Central Bikol sago, Cebuano sago, Javanese ꦱꦒꦸ (sagu), Malay sagu, and Spanish sagú.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈɡo/ [sɐˈɣ̠o]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: sa‧go

Noun

sagó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄᜓ)

1. sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)

   Synonym: lumbiya

2. sago starch
3. pearl sago
4. (colloquial, by extension) tapioca pearl

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɡo/ [ˈsaː.ɣ̠o]
• 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

Anagrams

• Saog, asog, saog, gaso, agos