sagu

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

English

Noun

sagu (uncountable)

1. Archaic form of sago.

Anagrams

• Suga, Gaus, gaus, USGA

Basque

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

Declension of sagu (animate and inanimate, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		sagu	sagua	saguak
ergative		saguk	saguak	saguek
dative		saguri	saguari	saguei
genitive		saguren	saguaren	saguen
comitative		sagurekin	saguarekin	saguekin
causative		sagurengatik	saguarengatik	saguengatik
benefactive		sagurentzat	saguarentzat	saguentzat
instrumental		saguz	saguaz	saguez
inessive	anim	sagurengan	saguarengan	saguengan
	inan	sagutan	saguan	saguetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	sagutako	saguko	saguetako
allative	anim	sagurengana	saguarengana	saguengana
	inan	sagutara	sagura	saguetara
terminative	anim	sagurenganaino	saguarenganaino	saguenganaino
	inan	sagutaraino	saguraino	saguetaraino
directive	anim	sagurenganantz	saguarenganantz	saguenganantz
	inan	sagutarantz	sagurantz	saguetarantz
destinative	anim	sagurenganako	saguarenganako	saguenganako
	inan	sagutarako	sagurako	saguetarako
ablative	anim	sagurengandik	saguarengandik	saguengandik
	inan	sagutatik	sagutik	saguetatik
partitive		sagurik	—	—
prolative		sagutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• saguzar (“bat”)
• satitsu (“shrew”)
• satandre (“weasel”)
• satsuri
• sator (“mole”)

Binukid

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 palms 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

• “sagu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

sagu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈɡu/
• Rhymes: -aɡu, -ɡu, -u

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

• → 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
• Indonesian: sagu
• → Italian: sagù
• → Japanese: サゴ (sago)
• → Norwegian: sago
• → Persian: ساگو
• → Polish: sago
• → Portuguese: sagu
  • Hunsrik: 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

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:

	singular	plural
nominative	sagu	saga, sage
accusative	sage	saga, sage
genitive	sage	saga
dative	sage	sagum

Related terms

• saga

Descendants

• Middle English: sawe
  • English: saw

Portuguese

Etymology

From Malay sagu.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈɡu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /saˈɡu/ [saˈɣu]

• Hyphenation: sa‧gu
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

sagu m (plural sagus)

1. sago (a powdered starch obtained from certain palms)
2. sago (any species of palm from which sago is extracted)
3. sago pudding (a dessert made by boiling small grains of sago)

Synonyms

• sagum
• (palm tree): saguzeiro, sagueiro

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Sagu

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sagou.

Noun

sagu n (uncountable)

1. sago

Declension

Declension of sagu

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sagu	saguul
genitive-dative	sagu	saguului
vocative	saguule

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsa.ɡu]

Verb

sagu

1. (transitive) to stab, spear

Conjugation

Conjugation of sagu

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tosagu	fosagu	misagu
2nd person		nosagu	nisagu
3rd person	masculine	osagu	isagu yosagu (archaic)
	feminine	mosagu
	neuter	isagu

References

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

Turkish

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

Declension of sagu

	singular	plural
nominative	sagu	sagular
definite accusative	saguyu	saguları
dative	saguya	sagulara
locative	saguda	sagularda
ablative	sagudan	sagulardan
genitive	sagunun	saguların

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

Declension of sagu

	singular	plural
nominative	sagu	sagular
definite accusative	saguyu	saguları
dative	saguya	sagulara
locative	saguda	sagularda
ablative	sagudan	sagulardan
genitive	sagunun	saguların

Further reading

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