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English
Etymology
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Noun
bagi (plural bagis)
- 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.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Noun
bagi
- a unicornfish; any member of the genus Naso
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *bahagi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi.[1]
Noun
bagi
- part; section
Bagi kayu ti ngeluarka buah nya bungai.- The part of the tree which will bear fruits is flower
- (Sarawak) division (political unit)
Ba Sarawak bisi sebelas bagi menua.- In Sarawak, there are eleven divisions
Verb
bagi
- (mathematics) to divide
Sepuluh bagi dua, nyadi lima.- Ten divided by two is five
- to split; divide; cut up
Bagi nuan buah nya- Split up the fruit
- to allocate
References
Icelandic
Etymology
From baga (“to inconvenience”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bagi m (genitive singular baga, nominative plural bagar)
- inconvenience, disadvantage
- Synonym: vesen
- þrengslin í húsinu eru mjög til baga ― the lack of space in the house is a serious inconvenience
Declension
Declension of bagi (masculine)
References
- ^ Árni Böðvarsson, Mörður Árnason and others (2007, 4th ed.). Íslensk orðabók. Forlagið, Reykjavík. Accessed via snara.is.
Ilocano
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi (“share; portion”). Cognate with Tagalog bahagi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈba.ɡi/,
- Hyphenation: ba‧gi
Noun
bági (plural bagbagi)
- part
- share; portion; lot
- offspring; child
- Used to form possessive pronouns
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
bagí (plural bagbagi)
- body
- structure; form
- relative (person connected with another by blood or affinity)
- self
- Used to form reflexive pronouns
Declension
Possessive forms of bagi
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Singular
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Plural/Distributive
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1st singular
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bagik
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bagbagik
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2nd singular
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bagim
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bagbagim
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3rd singular
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bagina
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bagbagina
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1st dual
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bagita
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bagbagita
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1st plural exclusive
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bagimi
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bagbagimi
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1st plural inclusive
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bagitayo
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bagbagitayo
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2nd plural
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bagiyo
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bagbagiyo
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3rd plural
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bagida
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bagbagida
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Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay bagi, a variant of the standard bahagi, from Proto-Malayic *bahagi (“share, portion, inheritance; to allot, divide property”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
bagi (active membagi, passive dibagi)
- to share (to give part of what one has to somebody)
- to divide (to split or separate something into two or more parts)
- (arithmetic) to divide
Sepuluh bagi lima sama dengan dua.- Ten divided by five equals two.
Preposition
bagi
- for (directed at; intended to belong to)
Noun
bagi
- (arithmetic, uncommon) division (the act of dividing number)
- Synonym: pembagian
- (rare) fraction, part, piece, section
- Synonyms: bagian, pecahan
Derived terms
References
- ^ Rober Blust and Stephen Trussel (2020 June 21) The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary web edition
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
Clipping of bahagi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi (“share, portion, inheritance; to allot, divide property”).
Pronunciation
Verb
bagi
- to divide
- to give
- Synonym: beri
- 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?
Preposition
bagi
- for; for the purpose of
- Synonyms: untuk, agar
Further reading
Mansaka
Noun
bagì
- fate
Mentawai
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.
Noun
bagi
- sibling ((younger) person who shares same parents)
Nias
Noun
bagi (mutated form mbagi)
- neck
References
- Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 24.
Nupe
Etymology
From bazàgi.
Pronunciation
Noun
bagi (plural bagizhì)
- man
Coordinate terms
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
bagi
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of băga