bagi

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bagi (plural bagis)

1. A voodoo sanctuary or sacred chamber.
   • 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 89:

     The bar was deserted, but when Max Beauvoir and I entered the hounfour there were three of them, sitting with their backs to the ochre walls of the bagi.

   • 2013, Patrick Taylor, Frederick I. Case, editors, The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions: Volume 1, page 1065:

     The various fronds are fixed in front of the doors of the bagi and the peristyle as well as to the potomitan […].

   • 2015, Manbo Paula Wedo, Manbo Jumbo, page 370:

     “This is a very important time for Vodou” Papa Baz tells me as he works in the bagi.

• Baig, Biga, biga, gabi

• Hyphenation: ba‧gi

bagi

1. a unicornfish; any member of the genus Naso

From Proto-Malayic *bahagi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi.^[1]

bagi

1. part; section

   Bagi kayu ti ngeluarka buah nya bungai.

   The part of the tree which will bear fruits is flower

2. (Sarawak) division (political unit)

   Ba Sarawak bisi sebelas bagi menua.

   In Sarawak, there are eleven divisions

bagi

1. (mathematics) to divide

   Sepuluh bagi dua, nyadi lima.

   Ten divided by two is five

2. to split; divide; cut up

   Bagi nuan buah nya

   Split up the fruit

3. to allocate

From the verb baga (“to inconvenience”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːjɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːjɪ
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaiːjɪ/^[1]
• Rhymes: -aiːjɪ

bagi m (genitive singular baga, nominative plural bagar)

1. inconvenience, disadvantage

   þrengslin í húsinu eru mjög til baga ― the lack of space in the house is a serious inconvenience

• vesen

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi (“share; portion”). Cognate with Tagalog bahagi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡi/,
• Hyphenation: ba‧gi

bági (plural bagbagi)

1. part
2. share; portion; lot
3. offspring; child
4. Used to form possessive pronouns

• IPA^(key): /baˈɡi/,

bagí (plural bagbagi)

1. body
2. structure; form
3. relative (person connected with another by blood or affinity)
4. self
5. Used to form reflexive pronouns

• bahagi: dated Indonesian, standard Malay

From Malay bagi (standard bahagi), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi (“share, portion, inheritance; to allot, divide property”).

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɡi/
• Hyphenation: ba‧gi

bagi

1. for

bagi

1. to divide
2. to share

bagi

1. part, share.

• “bagi” 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.

Clipping of bahagi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi (“share, portion, inheritance; to allot, divide property”).

• IPA^(key): /baɡi/
• Rhymes: -aɡi, -ɡi, -i

bagi

1. to divide
2. to give

   Synonym: beri

3. to let

   Synonym: kasi

   Ayah bagi aku pinjam motor dia pusing jalan-jalan, kau nak ikut tak? ― Dad's letting me borrow his bike for a spin, wanna come along?

bagi

1. for; for the purpose of

   Synonyms: untuk, agar

• “bagi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *baqagi

bagì

1. fate

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

bagi

1. sibling ((younger) person who shares same parents)

bagi (mutated form mbagi)

1. neck

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 24.

From bazàgi.

• IPA^(key): /bā.ɡī/

bagi (plural bagizhì)

1. man

• yinzàgi

• IPA^(key):

bagi

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of băga