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See also: Sagu, sagú, sagù, sägu, and sągu

English

Etymology

From Malay

Noun

sagu (uncountable)

  1. Archaic form of sago.

Anagrams

Basque

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

First attested in the 13th century, from Proto-Basque *sagu.

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̺aɡu/ [s̺a.ɣ̞u]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡu, -u
  • Hyphenation: sa‧gu

Noun

sagu inan or anim

  1. (animate) mouse (small rodent)
  2. (inanimate, computing) mouse (input device)

Declension

More information indefinite, singular ...

Derived terms

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Noun

sagu

  1. body fluid (of a corpse)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sagu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sagu (“processed sago; fluid oozing from a wound, infected sore, or corpse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈɡu/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧go

Noun

sagu (plural sagu-sagu)

  1. sago:
    1. any of the plants from which sago is extracted
    2. a powdered starch obtained from certain palms, specifically Metroxylon sagu, used as a food thickener
    3. a powdered starch obtained from a palm-like cycad (Cycas revoluta)

Derived terms

  • menyagu
  • sagu belanda
  • sagu betawi
  • sagu hati
  • sagu hitam
  • sagu mutiara
  • sagu pisang
  • sagu rendang
  • sagu tampin
  • sagu tumang

Further reading

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Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sagu (“processed sago, prepared starch from the sago palm”). Cognate with Javanese ꦱꦒꦸ (sagu) and Tagalog sago.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɡu/ [ˈsa.ɡu]
  • Rhymes: -aɡu, -ɡu, -u
  • Hyphenation: sa‧gu

Noun

sagu (Jawi spelling ساݢو, plural sagu-sagu)

  1. sago (a powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener)

Derived terms

  • pokok sagu

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: sagu (inherited)
  • → Arabic: سَاغُو (sāḡū)
  • → Armenian: սագո (sago)
  • → Burmese: သာဂူ (sagu)
  • → Catalan: sagú
  • → Czech: ságo
  • → Danish: sago
  • → Dutch: sago
  • → English: sago
  • → Finnish: saago
  • → French: sagou
  • → German: Sago
  • → Hungarian: szágó
  • → Italian: sagù
  • → Japanese: サゴ (sago)
  • → Norwegian: sago
  • → Persian: ساگو
  • → Polish: sago
  • → Portuguese: sagu
  • → Russian: са́го (ságo)
  • → Spanish: sagú
  • → Swedish: sago
  • → Turkish: sagu

Further reading

  • “sagu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sagu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sagǭ, whence also Old Frisian sege, Old High German saga, Old Norse saga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑ.ɡu/, [ˈsɑ.ɣu]

Noun

sagu f (nominative plural sage or saga)

  1. statement, discourse, report

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Malay sagu.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧gu
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

sagu m (plural sagus)

  1. sago (a powdered starch obtained from certain palms and other plants)
  2. sago (any species of plant from which sago is extracted)
  3. sago pudding (a dessert made by boiling small grains of sago)
  4. (Brazil) tapioca pearl

Synonyms

  • sagum
  • (palm tree): saguzeiro, sagueiro

Descendants

  • Hunsrik: Sagu
  • →? Indo-Aryan: (or directly from Malay)
    • Assamese: চাগু (sagu), ছাগু (sagu)
    • Bengali: সাগু (śagu)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: सागू (sāgū)
      Urdu: ساگُو (sāgū)
    • Odia: ସାଗୁ (sāgu)
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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sagou.

Noun

sagu n (uncountable)

  1. sago

Declension

More information singular only, indefinite ...

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sagu (“processed sago; fluid oozing from a wound, infected sore, or corpse”).

Noun

sagu (Sundanese script ᮞᮌᮥ)

  1. sago

Derived terms

Further reading

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

sagu

  1. (transitive) to stab, spear

Conjugation

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References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Anatolian Turkish صاغو (saġu), further etymology unknown.

Alternative forms

  • sağu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈɡu/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧gu

Noun

sagu (definite accusative saguyu, plural sagular)

  1. (literature, historical) a sort of elegy written by pre-Islamic Turkic people
  2. (archaic) elegy, lament, requiem
    Synonym: ağıt
Declension
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay sagu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɡu/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧gu

Noun

sagu (definite accusative saguyu, plural sagular)

  1. sago
    Synonym: hint irmiği
Declension
More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

  • “sagu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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