Yes, this is true.
There is also the sang, a lance; the sanger, a spear; the sangu, a spear. These all from India, and an Indian connection was suggested earlier.
The Iban have a spear called a sangkoh.
However, in Italy one of the names for the cinquedea is "sangdede".
Certainly we cannot rule out some sort of Indian connection, but bearing in mind that this particular weapon is associated with firearms, it falls within a different period of influence within Jawa than those earlier weapons which can clearly be associated with contact from the sub-continent.
This question of the name is still open, and one possibility, although admittedly remote, is a Portugese connection.
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