| WMP | ||
| Ibatan | sago | sago palm tree: Cycas revoluta |
| Pangasinan | sagó | a herbaceous plant the roots of which are cooked and eaten |
| Ilokano | sagó | arrowroot, tapioca: Maranta arundinacea |
| Tagalog | sagó | the sago palm tree and its white globular seeds used in making puddings |
| Chamorro | sagu | type of plant, arrowroot: Maranta arundinacea |
| Aklanon | sago | ball of starch made from araro (arrow root), and used in desserts |
| Cebuano | sagú | sago starch obtained from palm trunks, especially the sago palm and the buri palm |
| Toba Batak | sagu-sagu | little cakes made of moistened ricemeal (a favorite Batak delicacy) |
| sagu | pith or meal of certain plants (sago palm, arrowroot, etc.) | |
| Karo Batak | sagu | sago, a flour extracted from certain palms |
| Iban | saguɁ | pearl sago, made by roasting |
| Malay | sagu | mealy pith, associated usually with ‘sago’, the mealy pith of the sago palm, which is of value as a foodstuff, and much consumed in the Archipelago in localities where rice is not grown; in Malaya and Sumatra, where rice is preferred, (sago luck) is the lot of the second best, or of a lady’s “second string” |
| Banggai | sagu | sago, edible palm pith |
| Makassarese | sagu | sago, edible palm pith |
| Sundanese | sagu | the edible pith from certain palms, as the sago palm |
| Javanese | sagu | sago (tree) |
| Balinese | sagu | sago, starch |
| Sasak | saguɁ | sago, starch from various palms that is prepared and eaten |
| Bikol | sagó | sago palm, Metroxylon |
| Malagasy | sáku | a provincial word for Indian corn |
| CMP | ||
| Bimanese | sagu | sago, edible palm pith |