sagueir means palm wine made from the sap of the sugar palm, Arenga pinnata. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.
Etymology
19th century. From Portuguese-influenced Malay of the Moluccas (in Portuguese sagueiro), ultimately from Malay sagu (“sago”); compare Makasar sagéru, Buginese sagéru, Malay saguer, Malay sageru.
noun
- Palm wine made from the sap of the sugar palm, Arenga pinnata.“Pork, it is true, they hold in abhorrence, but will not refuse wine when offered them, and consume immense quantities of "sagueir," or palm-wine, which is about as intoxicating as ordinary beer or cider. When well made it is a very refreshing drink, and we often took a draught at some of the little sheds dignified by the name of bazaars, which are scattered about the country wherever there is any ”