Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sagoweer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sagoweer
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of sagueir (palm wine made from Arenga pinnata).

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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, and gossip half the day, eat a quarter of the day, and work perhaps an eighth."
"They drink a fermented beverage called sagoweer, but drunkenness is rare."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: sagoweer, sagueiro, sagu

Usage

Synonyms

sagueir

Questions

What does sagoweer mean?: Synonym of sagueir (palm wine made from Arenga pinnata).
Where does sagoweer come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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