Etymology 1
Abbreviation of sandwich (pronounced "sangwich") + -o (colloquialising suffix). Australian from 1940s.
References
- Macquarie Slang Dictionary lists sanger, with sango under “also”.
Etymology 2
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Noun
sango (plural sangos)
- (UK) A rudimentary wooden bridge in India.
- 1824, Alexander Gerard, Journal of an Excursion through the Himalayah Mountains, from Shipke to the Frontiers of Chinese Tartary, David Brewster (editor), The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volume 1: April—October, page 219,
- We crossed it and another stream a little above their union by a couple of bad sangos, and ascended from its bed by a rocky footpath, winding amongst extensive forests of oak, yew, pine, and horse chesnut, to Camp.
1865, Henry Astbury Leveson, The Hunting Grounds of the Old World, page 459:Four large mountain torrents, the Dangalee, Dubrane, Loarnad, and Rindee Gadh, join the Ganges from the left bank, and have to be crossed by sangos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsaŋo/ [ˈsa.ŋo]
- Hyphenation: sa‧ngo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsanɡo]
- Rhymes: -anɡo
- Hyphenation: san‧go
Noun
sango (uncountable, accusative sangon)
- blood
Ĝi estis terura vidaĵo; sango kovris la tutan muron.- It was a terrible sight; blood covered the entire wall.
Noun
sango (uncountable)
- blood
Derived terms
- sangala (“sanguine”)
- sangoza (“bloody, sanguinary”)
- sangifar (“to bleed”)
- sangocirkulado (“blood circulation”)
- sangomorbo (“blood disease”)
- sangovarsar (“to shed blood”)
Pronunciation
- (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈsaŋɡə]
- (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈsaŋk]
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 88: “il sangue” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “sango”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
Verb
sango
- (intransitive) to answer
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of (action verb), singular ...
Conjugation of sango (action verb) |
|
singular |
plural |
inclusive |
exclusive |
1st person |
tasango |
masango |
asango |
2nd person |
nasango |
fasango |
3rd person |
inanimate |
isango |
dasango |
animate |
imperative |
nasango, sango |
fasango, sango |
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References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics