ongi

Basque

Etymology

From on (“good”) +‎ -ki.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /onɡi/ [oŋ.ɡi]
• Rhymes: -onɡi
• Hyphenation: on‧gi

Adverb

ongi (comparative hobeto or hobeki, superlative hobekien or ongien, excessive ongiegi)

1. well, good, alright

   Ongi zegoela esan zidan.

   She told me she was alright.

2. very

   Synonym: oso

   Aste honeko ikasgaia ongi erraza izan da.

   This week’s lesson has been very easy.

Usage notes

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

• 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

ongi inan

1. good (as oposed to evil)

Declension

Declension of ongi (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
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

• “ongi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “ongi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Finnish

Verb

ongi

1. inflection of onkia:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• goin

Friulian

Alternative forms

• onzi (standard orthography)

Verb

ongi

1. Alternative form of onzi

Japanese

Romanization

ongi

1. Rōmaji transcription of おんぎ

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *onki, a borrowing from an Indo-European language.

Noun

ongi

1. rod (for fishing)

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔŋ.ɡi/

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• Rhymes: -ɔŋɡi
• Syllabification: on‧gi

Adverb

ongi (not comparable)

1. (archaic) at one time, formerly, once

   Synonyms: kiedyś, dawniej, ongiś

Further reading

• ongi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ongi in Polish dictionaries at PWN