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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay gergaji, ultimately from Sanskrit क्रकच (krakaca, “saw”).
Noun
lagari
- saw (tool)
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay gergaji, ultimately from Sanskrit क्रकच (krakaca, “saw”).
Noun
lagari
- saw (tool)
Kapampangan
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay gergaji, ultimately from Sanskrit क्रकच (krakaca, “saw”).
Noun
lagari
- saw (tool)
Mansaka
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay gergaji, ultimately from Sanskrit क्रकच (krakaca, “saw”).
Noun
lagari
- saw (tool)
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay gergaji, ultimately from Sanskrit क्रकच (krakaca, “saw”). Compare Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Kapampangan, Mansaka lagari; Bikol Central, Cuyunon, Masbatenyo, Waray-Waray lagadi; Ilocano ragadi; and Tausug gawgariꞌ (“file”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈɡaɾeʔ/, (noun, colloquial)
- IPA(key): /laɡaˈɾiʔ/, (adjective)
- IPA(key): /laɡaˈɾeʔ/, (adjective, colloquial)
- Hyphenation: la‧ga‧ri
Noun
lagarì (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄᜇᜒ)
- saw (tool)
- usage of a saw
Derived terms
Adjective
lagarî (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄᜇᜒ)
- cut with a saw; sawed
Further reading
- “lagari”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Zorc, David Paul (1977) The Bisayan Dialects of the Philippines: Subgrouping and Reconstruction (Pacific Linguistics, Series C, No. 44), Canberra: Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, page 213.