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English
Etymology
From Samoan pālagi, variant of papālagi (“white person, European”). Compare earlier papalagi.
Pronunciation
Noun
palagi (plural palagis or palagi)
- (Western Polynesia, New Zealand) A white person; a Caucasian.
1979, Albert Wendt, Leaves of the Banyan Tree:‘Serves him right for trying to act like a palagi!’ she muttered to herself.
1994, Jerome Gold, Hurricanes:Then Ione said: "Jerry, you are the only honest palagi I ever met."
2010 October 10, Oscar Kightley, New Zealand Herald:After 170 years this is the closest Auckland has come to having a brown mayor. Sure he's a Palagi. But his name is Brown, he's run Manukau for a long time and there's heaps of brown people there so he's gladly owned by many in the Pacific Community.
Synonyms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈla.d͡ʒi/
- Rhymes: -adʒi
- Hyphenation: pa‧là‧gi
Noun
palagi m
- plural of palagio
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
From pa- + lagi.
Pronunciation
Adverb
palagì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜄᜒ)
- always; all the time; constantly
- Synonyms: lagi, parati, pirme
Derived terms
Further reading
- “palagi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018