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bagi

See also: bagi' and bağı
Languages (12)
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Cebuano • Iban • Icelandic • Ilocano • Indonesian • Malay • Mansaka • Mentawai • Nias • Nupe • Romanian
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English

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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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.

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧gi

Noun

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bagi

  1. a unicornfish; any member of the genus Naso

Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *bahagi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi.[1]

Noun

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *baqagi

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From baga (“to inconvenience”).

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Noun

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bagi m (genitive singular baga, nominative plural bagar)

  1. inconvenience, disadvantage
    Synonym: vesen
    þrengslin í húsinu eru mjög til baga ― the lack of space in the house is a serious inconvenience

Declension

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Declension of bagi (masculine)
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

References

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  1. ^ Árni Böðvarsson, Mörður Árnason and others (2007, 4th ed.). Íslensk orðabók. Forlagið, Reykjavík. Accessed via snara.is.

Ilocano

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi (“share; portion”). Cognate with Tagalog bahagi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈba.ɡi/, [ˈba.ɡɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧gi

Noun

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bági (plural bagbagi)

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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈɡi/, [bɐˈɡi]

Noun

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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
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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
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Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Malay bagi, a variant of the standard bahagi, from Proto-Malayic *bahagi (“share, portion, inheritance; to allot, divide property”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi.[1]

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Verb

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bagi (active membagi, passive dibagi)

  1. to share (to give part of what one has to somebody)
  2. to divide (to split or separate something into two or more parts)
  3. (arithmetic) to divide
    Sepuluh bagi lima sama dengan dua.
    Ten divided by five equals two.

Preposition

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bagi

  1. for (directed at; intended to belong to)

Noun

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bagi

  1. (arithmetic, uncommon) division (the act of dividing number)
    Synonym: pembagian
  2. (rare) fraction, part, piece, section
    Synonyms: bagian, pecahan

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References

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  1. ^ Rober Blust and Stephen Trussel (2020 June 21) The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary web edition‎[1]

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Malay

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Etymology

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

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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

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bagi

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

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Mansaka

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Noun

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bagì

  1. fate

Mentawai

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Etymology

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

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bagi

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

Nias

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bagi (mutated form mbagi)

  1. neck

References

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  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 24.

Nupe

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Etymology

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From bazàgi.

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Noun

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bagi (plural bagizhì)

  1. man

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Romanian

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bagi

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