bagi
English edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
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 edit
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ba‧gi
Noun edit
bagi
- a unicornfish; any member of the genus Naso
Iban edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *bahagi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi.[1]
Noun edit
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 edit
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
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Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From the verb baga (“to inconvenience”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bagi m (genitive singular baga, nominative plural bagar)
- inconvenience, disadvantage
- þrengslin í húsinu eru mjög til baga ― the lack of space in the house is a serious inconvenience
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References edit
- ^ Árni Böðvarsson, Mörður Árnason and others (2007, 4th ed.). Íslensk orðabók. Forlagið, Reykjavík. Accessed via snara.is.
Ilocano edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi (“share; portion”). Cognate with Tagalog bahagi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bági (plural bagbagi)
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Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bagí (plural bagbagi)
- body
- structure; form
- relative (person connected with another by blood or affinity)
- self
- Used to form reflexive pronouns
Declension edit
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 |
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Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
- bahagi: dated Indonesian, standard Malay
Etymology edit
From Malay bagi (standard bahagi), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi (“share, portion, inheritance; to allot, divide property”).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
bagi
Verb edit
bagi
Noun edit
bagi
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Further reading edit
- “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.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of bahagi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi (“share, portion, inheritance; to allot, divide property”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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 edit
bagi
Further reading edit
- “bagi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *baqagi
Mansaka edit
Noun edit
bagì
Mentawai edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.
Noun edit
bagi
- sibling ((younger) person who shares same parents)
Nias edit
Noun edit
bagi (mutated form mbagi)
References edit
- Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 24.
Nupe edit
Etymology edit
From bazàgi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bagi (plural bagizhì)
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bagi