sago
English

pearled sago
Pronunciation
- 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 a palm-like cycad (Cycas revoluta).
- Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.
Derived terms
- Portland sago
- sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)
- sago pudding
- sago spleen
Translations
a powdered starch obtained from certain palms and used as a food thickener
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any of the palms from which sago is extracted
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See also
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sago”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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
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 from which sago is extracted.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsaɡo]
- Rhymes: -aɡo
- Hyphenation: sa‧go
Hausa
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -aɡo
- Hyphenation: sà‧go
Adjective
sago (feminine saga, masculine plural saghi, feminine plural saghe)
- (archaic, literary) divining, prophetic, soothsaying
Related terms
Latin
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
Romanian
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), and Malay sagu.
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
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsaɡo/ [ˈsa.ɣo]
- Rhymes: -aɡo
- Syllabification: sa‧go
Noun
sago (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄᜓ)
Derived terms
- saguhan
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