baga

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See also: băga, bağa, bāgā, and bågå

Asi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

Noun

baga

  1. (anatomy) lung

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah, compare Malay bara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡa/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Noun

bága (Basahan spelling ᜊᜄ)

  1. ember

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq, compare Ilocano bara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈɡaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Noun

bagâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜄ)

  1. (anatomy) lung
    Synonym: pulmon

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈɡa/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Particle

bagá (Basahan spelling ᜊᜄ)

  1. Emphatic expression determined by context.
    Iyo, baga.
    Yeah, really.
    Siisay baga iyan?
    Who really was that?

Adjective

bagá

  1. supposed, expected
    Mapuli ka baga nin amay.
    You're supposed to come home early.

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Aphetic variant of obaga, feminine of obac (shady).

Noun

baga f (plural bagues)

  1. ubac (shady side of a mountain)
    Synonym: obac
  2. a shady forest

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin baca (ring).

Noun

baga f (plural bagues)

  1. loop
  2. ring
    Synonym: anella
Derived terms

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah.

Pronunciation

Noun

baga

  1. ember

Verb

baga

  1. to glow
  2. to broil small dried fish by placing them in a plate full of embers and shaking them
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

Pronunciation

Noun

bagà

  1. (anatomy) lung

Etymology 3

Sense "misbehaving in an unusual way", from ellipsis of baga og buang.

Sense "brazen", from ellipsis of baga og nawong.

Sense "rich", from ellipsis of baga og bulsa.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bagâ

  1. thick
  2. (figuratively) misbehaving in an unusual way (usu. by peeping at someone while they are bathing)
  3. (figuratively) brazen
  4. (figuratively) rich

Verb

baga

  1. to thicken
  2. (figuratively) to become rich
Derived terms

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah.

Noun

baga

  1. ember

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

Noun

baga

  1. (anatomy) lung

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin bāca (berry).

Pronunciation

Noun

baga f (plural bagas)

  1. drupe; berry
  2. flax capsule
    Synonym: bagaña
  3. laurel tree berry
    Synonym: lorbaga

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • baga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • baga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • baga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • baga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

Noun

baga

  1. river bank

Gooniyandi

Noun

baga

  1. bindi-eye, bindii, bindies

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

Noun

bagà

  1. lung

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah.

Noun

bága

  1. charcoal, cinder, coal, light

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

baga f (genitive singular bögu, nominative plural bögur)

  1. poem, verse, ditty
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

baga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bagaði, supine bagað)

  1. to inconvenience, to burden, to trouble
Conjugation
Synonyms
Derived terms

Ilocano

Noun

baga

  1. red

Kagayanen

Etymology

Cognates with Cebuano abaga.

Noun

baga

  1. (anatomy) shoulder

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English bagge.

Noun

baga f (genitive bagae); first declension (Medieval Latin, England)

  1. bag, especially for official documents
  2. court department, as in the Petty Bag

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative baga bagae
Genitive bagae bagārum
Dative bagae bagīs
Accusative bagam bagās
Ablative bagā bagīs
Vocative baga bagae

References

Lindu

Noun

baga

  1. (anatomy) tooth

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq, compare Ilocano bara.

Noun

baga

  1. lung

Mansaka

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah, compare Malay bara.

Noun

baga

  1. ember

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq, compare Ilocano bara.

Noun

bagà

  1. (anatomy) lung

Etymology 3

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀeq, compare Malay barah.

Noun

bágà

  1. boil, abscess; sore

Maranao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah.

Noun

baga

  1. ember
  2. spark

Phuthi

Verb

-baga

  1. to cause (something), to abduct

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin bāca (berry; fruit).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

baga f (plural bagas)

  1. (botany) berry (soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits)

Derived terms

Related terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish (bağa).

Noun

baga f (plural bagale)

  1. turtle shell

Declension

References

  • baga in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English bag

Pronunciation

Noun

baga m (genitive singular baga, plural bagaichean)

  1. bag
  2. handbag
  3. suitcase

Synonyms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: ba‧ga

Etymology 1

From Latin baca (berry)

Noun

baga f (plural bagas)

  1. flax capsule

Etymology 2

From Occitan baga (load), a Germanic borrowing from Gothic *𐌱𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰 (*bakka, package), probably a derivative of Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

Noun

baga f (plural bagas)

  1. (climbing) life line

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq. Cognate with Amis fala, Ilocano bara, Cebuano baga, and Bilba ba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Noun

bagà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ)

  1. (anatomy) lung
    Synonym: pulmon
    Nawalan na ng lakas na huminga ang kanyang mga baga.
    His lungs lost their strength to breathe.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah (ember), from Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (ember, glowing coal). Cognate with Papora balah (charcoal), Ilocano bara (red-hot), Cebuano baga, Malay bara, and Manggarai wara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡa/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Noun

baga (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ)

  1. glowing charcoal; live coal; ember
    Synonyms: alyabo, tapi
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (abscess, boil). Cognate with Mayoyao Ifugao bala (ulcer), Hanunoo baga, Malagasy bay, vay (wound, boil), Malay barah (abscess), and Manggarai bara (swollen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈɡaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Noun

bagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ)

  1. (pathology) abscess; tumor (especially of the breast)
Derived terms
Related terms
See also

Etymology 4

Possibly derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈɡa/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Particle

bagá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ)

  1. (dialectal, Batangas, Mindoro) marks a sentence as interrogative
    Synonyms: ba, (dialectal) ga
    Ano baga ang nais mong mangyari?
    What do you want to happen?
Derived terms

Taroko

Noun

baga

  1. (anatomy) hand

Tiruray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

Noun

baga

  1. (anatomy) lung

Tok Pisin

Noun

baga

  1. guy; fellow