sorgum

Cebuano

Etymology

From English sorghum, from New Latin genus name Sorghum, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *syricum (“Syrian”), from Sȳricus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sor‧gum

Noun

sorgum

1. sorghum

Icelandic

Noun

sorgum

1. indefinite dative plural of sorg

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin genus name Sorghum, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *syricum (“Syrian”), from Sȳricus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔrɡʊm]
• Hyphenation: sor‧gum

Noun

sorgum (plural sorgum-sorgum, first-person possessive sorgumku, second-person possessive sorgummu, third-person possessive sorgumnya)

1. sorghum a cereal, Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare) the grains of which are used to make flour and as cattle feed..

   Synonym: garai

Synonyms

• betari (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

• “sorgum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Old English

Noun

sorgum

1. dative plural of sorh