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sagoweer

sagoweer noun: synonym of sagueir (palm wine made from Arenga pinnata).

Noun

sagoweer (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of sagueir (palm wine made from Arenga pinnata).
    • More sagoweer, or palm wine, is drank at this time than at any other, the cocoanut trees being put to no other use than to supply the ingredients.1840, D.H. Kolff, translated by George Windsor, Voyages of the Dutch brig of war Dourga, through the southern and little-known parts of the Moluccan Archipelago, and along the previously unknown...
    • In Amboyna a man can keep himself and his family on next to no work at all; may dress decently, in the universal sarong and coat that both sexes wear; may eat of the best, drink sweet, intoxicating sagoweer or palm wine to his fullest desire (since he is Christian, not Mohammedan), may loaf, dance...1914 March 7, The Sydney Morning Herald, page 5, column 5
    Synonyms:
    sagueir

Synonyms of sagoweer

Origin of sagoweer

From Dutch sagoweer, from Portuguese sagueiro, ultimately from Malay sagu (“sago”); compare Makasar sagéru, Buginese sagéru, Malay saguer, Malay sageru. Doublet of sagwire.

Questions about sagoweer

What does sagoweer mean?
Sagoweer means synonym of sagueir (palm wine made from Arenga pinnata).
What part of speech is sagoweer?
Sagoweer is a noun.

Words near sagoweer in the dictionary

  1. sagopilone
  2. Sagor
  3. sagos
  4. sagouin
  5. sagouins
  6. sagoweer
  7. Sagpatan
  8. Sagpon
  9. sagproof
  10. Sagrada
  11. Sagrada Familia

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