sagu

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

English

Etymology

From Malay

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 (anim/inan V-stem)

		indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive		sagu	sagua	saguak	saguok
ergative		saguk	saguak	saguek	saguok
dative		saguri	saguari	saguei	saguoi
genitive		saguren	saguaren	saguen	saguon
comitative		sagurekin	saguarekin	saguekin	saguokin
causative		sagurengatik	saguarengatik	saguengatik	saguongatik
benefactive		sagurentzat	saguarentzat	saguentzat	saguontzat
instrumental		saguz	saguaz	saguez	saguotaz
inessive	anim.	sagurengan	saguarengan	saguengan	saguongan
	inan.	sagutan	saguan	saguetan	saguotan
locative	anim.	—	—	—	—
	inan.	sagutako	saguko	saguetako	saguotako
allative	anim.	sagurengana	saguarengana	saguengana	saguongana
	inan.	sagutara	sagura	saguetara	saguotara
terminative	anim.	sagurenganaino	saguarenganaino	saguenganaino	saguonganaino
	inan.	sagutaraino	saguraino	saguetaraino	saguotaraino
directive	anim.	sagurenganantz	saguarenganantz	saguenganantz	saguonganantz
	inan.	sagutarantz	sagurantz	saguetarantz	saguotarantz
destinative	anim.	sagurenganako	saguarenganako	saguenganako	saguonganako
	inan.	sagutarako	sagurako	saguetarako	saguotarako
ablative	anim.	sagurengandik	saguarengandik	saguengandik	saguongandik
	inan.	sagutatik	sagutik	saguetatik	saguotatik
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 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

• “sagu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

sagu

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 or sagu²)

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
  • Hunsrik: Sagu
• → Russian: са́го (ságo)
• → Spanish: sagú
• → Swedish: sago
• → Turkish: sagu

Further reading

• "sagu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-

Proto-Germanic *sagǭ

Old English sagu

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.ɡu/, [ˈsɑ.ɣu]
• Rhymes: -ɑ.ɡu

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 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)

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sagou.

Noun

sagu n (uncountable)

1. sago

Declension

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

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

• sasagon
• sasagueun

Further reading

• "SAGOE", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

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