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Webster 1913 Edition

Sago

Sa′go

(sā′gō̍)
,
Noun.
[Malay.
sāgu
.]
A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the
Metroxylon Sagu
; also from several cycadaceous plants (
Cycas revoluta
,
Zamia integrifolia
, etc.).
Portland sago
,
a kind of sago prepared from the corms of the cuckoopint (
Arum maculatum
).
–
Sago palm
.
(Bot.)
(a)
A palm tree which yields sago
.
(b)
A species of Cycas (
Cycas revoluta
).
–
Sago spleen
(Med.)
,
a morbid condition of the spleen, produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies looking like grains of sago.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sago

SA'GO

,
Noun.
a dry mealy substance or granulated paste, imported from Java and the Philippine and Molucca isles. It is the pith or marrow of a species of palm tree, and much used in medicine as a restorative diet.

Definition 2024

sago

sago

See also: sågo and saĝo

English

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.

Derived terms

Translations

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Anagrams

References

  1. ↑ “sago” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧go

Etymology

Malay sagu

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.

Esperanto

Noun

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

  1. arrow

Derived terms

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Hausa

Noun

sagō m

  1. snake

Synonyms

  • macī̀jī

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin sāgus.

Adjective

sago m ‎(feminine singular saga, masculine plural saghi, feminine plural saghe)

  1. (archaic, literary) divining, prophetic, soothsaying
Synonyms
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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

Japanese

Romanization

sago

  1. rōmaji reading of さご
  2. rōmaji reading of サゴ

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

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

Portuguese

Noun

sago m (plural sagos)

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

Etymology

Malay sagu, via Portuguese or Dutch[1].

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪɡəʊ

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