bagi

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See also: bagi' and bağı

English

Etymology

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Noun

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.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧gi

Noun

bagi

  1. a unicornfish; any member of the genus Naso

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bahagi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi.

Noun

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

Verb

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

References

  1. ^ Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *baqagi

Icelandic

Etymology

From the verb baga (“to inconvenience”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Declension

declension of bagi
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bagi baginn bagar bagarnir
accusative baga bagann baga bagana
dative baga baganum bögum bögunum
genitive baga bagans baga baganna

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ 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)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

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
Declension
Possessive forms of bagi
Singular Plural/Distributive
1st singular bagik bagbagik
2nd singular bagim bagbagim
3rd singular bagina bagbagina
1st dual bagita bagbagita
1st plural exclusive bagimi bagbagimi
1st plural inclusive bagitayo bagbagitayo
2nd plural bagiyo bagbagiyo
3rd plural bagida bagbagida
Derived terms

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

bagi

  1. for

Verb

bagi

  1. to divide
  2. to share

Noun

bagi

  1. part, share.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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?

Preposition

bagi

  1. for; for the purpose of
    Synonyms: untuk, agar

Further reading

Mansaka

Noun

bagì

  1. fate

Mentawai

Etymology

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

Noun

bagi

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

Nias

Noun

bagi (mutated form mbagi)

  1. 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)

  1. man

Coordinate terms

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

bagi

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