sagwire

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sagwire

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

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obsolete, uncountable Synonym of sagueir (palm wine made from Arenga pinnata). One of theſe leaves, or rather branches, is cut off, and the ſagwire trickles out of it by drops, which are caught in a bamboo, hung under it for that purpoſe, and when this is full, the contents are drawn off, by a tap at the bottom.
Similar: sagueir
obsolete, uncountable The palm tree Arenga pinnata. One of the most useful and abundant of all the palms is the Sagwire or Gomuti (Borassus gomutus).

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@misc{sagwire_2026,
  title = {sagwire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sagwire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}