Transcription
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- [sey-goh]
- /ˈseɪ goʊ/
- /ˈseɪ.ɡəʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sey-goh]
- /ˈseɪ goʊ/
Definitions of sago word
- noun sago a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings. 1
- noun sago starch used in cooking 1
- uncountable noun sago Sago is a white substance obtained from the trunk of some palm trees. Sago is used for making sweet puddings. 0
- noun sago a starchy cereal obtained from the powdered pith of a sago palm, used for puddings and as a thickening agent 0
- noun sago an edible starch, also used in sizing textiles, prepared from the pith of the trunk of certain palms, from the underground stems of certain cycads, as the coontie, or from some other plants 0
- noun sago any of the palms that yield sago, esp., a Malayan tree (Metroxylon sagu) 0
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Origin of sago
First appearance:
before 1545 One of the 30% oldest English words
1545-55; earlier sagu < Malay
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Sago
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sago popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sago usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with sago
- what is sago?
- how to cook sago?
- how to trim a sago palm?
- how to trim sago palm?
- how to cook sago dessert?
- how to make sago vada?
- how to make black sago?
- how to transplant a sago palm tree?
- why is my sago palm turning yellow?
- how to care for a sago palm outdoors?
- how to dig up a sago palm?
- how to prepare sago?
- how to cook small sago?
- how to transplant sago palm pups?
- how do you make sago pudding?