ongi
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adverb edit
ongi (comparative hobeto or hobeki, superlative hobekien or ongien, excessive ongiegi)
- well, good, alright
- Ongi zegoela esan zidan.
- She told me she was alright.
- very
- Synonym: oso
- Aste honeko ikasgaia ongi erraza izan da.
- This week’s lesson has been very easy.
Usage notes edit
Biscayan speakers prefer ondo, while all other dialects use ongi or variants thereof. In the standard language, both terms are used with roughly the same frequency. There is no difference in meaning between both words.
Derived terms edit
- ongi bai ongi (“very well”)
- ongi baino hobeki (“very well”)
- ongi da
- ongi etorri (“welcome”)
- ongi izan (“regards”)
- ongi joan (“farewell”)
- ongi-egile
- ongi-egin (“good deed”)
- ongi-esan
- ongietorri (“welcome, reception”)
- ongile
- ongin
- onginahi (“goodwill”)
- onginahiz
- onginahizko
- ongintza
- ongirako
- ongitasun
- ongitu
- ongitxo
- ongixko
- ongizate (“welfare”)
Noun edit
ongi inan
- good (as oposed to evil)
Declension edit
Declension of ongi (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | ongi | ongia | ongiak |
ergative | ongik | ongiak | ongiek |
dative | ongiri | ongiari | ongiei |
genitive | ongiren | ongiaren | ongien |
comitative | ongirekin | ongiarekin | ongiekin |
causative | ongirengatik | ongiarengatik | ongiengatik |
benefactive | ongirentzat | ongiarentzat | ongientzat |
instrumental | ongiz | ongiaz | ongiez |
inessive | ongitan | ongian | ongietan |
locative | ongitako | ongiko | ongietako |
allative | ongitara | ongira | ongietara |
terminative | ongitaraino | ongiraino | ongietaraino |
directive | ongitarantz | ongirantz | ongietarantz |
destinative | ongitarako | ongirako | ongietarako |
ablative | ongitatik | ongitik | ongietatik |
partitive | ongirik | — | — |
prolative | ongitzat | — | — |
Further reading edit
Finnish edit
Verb edit
ongi
- inflection of onkia:
Anagrams edit
Friulian edit
Alternative forms edit
- onzi (standard orthography)
Verb edit
ongi
- Alternative form of onzi
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
ongi
Karelian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *onki, a borrowing from an Indo-European language.
Noun edit
ongi
- rod (for fishing)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ongi (not comparable)