ragu

ragu (countable and uncountable, plural ragus)

1. Alternative spelling of ragù
   • 2007 November 4, “T-Bones and Tea”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     His menu features steaks, lamb and seafood, all served on hot rocks and in sizzling skillets, and homemade pasta dishes like pappardelle with lamb and artichoke ragu, and spaghetti vongole served with a touch of pantelleria red pepper sauce.

• Guar., Gura, Urga, gaur, guar, ruga

ragu

1. (Mpakwithi) sandpaper tree
2. (Mpakwithi) prawn

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 188

• IPA^(key): /ˈraɡu/
• Hyphenation: ra‧gu

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ragu

1. dubious
   1. undecided, wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion

      Synonym: bimbang

   2. arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.

      Synonyms: sangsi, syak

ragu

1. infinitive, imperative and colloquial of meragu

• “ragu” 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.

ragu m

1. inflection of rags:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *ragō (“lichen, beard”) and related to Proto-Germanic *rūhaz (whence rough) and Proto-Germanic *rawwō (whence rag), therefore from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewk- (“to pluck”). However compare Russian ракита (rakita, “broom, willow tree”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- (“bend”).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑ.ɡu/, [ˈrɑ.ɣu]

ragu f

1. lichen

Strong ō-stem:

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “RAGU”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• RAGU - A Thesaurus of Old English, University of Glasgow.

Borrowed from French ragoût or Italian ragù.

• Hyphenation: ra‧gu

ragu m (plural ragus)

1. ragout (stew of meat and vegetables)