bagi

See also: bagi' and bağı

Languages (12)

English

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Cebuano • Iban • Icelandic • Ilocano • Indonesian • Malay • Mansaka • Mentawai • Nias • Nupe • Romanian

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English

Etymology

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Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Baig, Biga, biga, gabi

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧gi

Noun

bagi

1. a unicornfish; any member of the genus Naso

Iban

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Icelandic

Etymology

From the verb baga (“to inconvenience”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːjɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːjɪ
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaiːjɪ/
• Rhymes: -aiːjɪ

Noun

bagi m (genitive singular baga, nominative plural bagar)

1. inconvenience, disadvantage

   þrengslin í húsinu eru mjög til baga ― the lack of space in the house is a serious inconvenience

Declension

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

Synonyms

• vesen

Ilocano

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bági (plural bagbagi)

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

Derived terms

• bagian
• bumagi
• ipabagi
• kabagi
• kabagian
• mabagbagi
• makabagi
• pabagian
• pannakabagi

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɡi/, [bɐˈɡi]

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• agbabagi
• agbagi
• agkabagi
• agkabagian
• bumagi
• ibagi
• ibagian
• kababagi
• kabagian
• nabagi
• pammagi
• panagkabagian, panagkakabagian
• pannakabagi
• sangkabagi

 

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• bahagi

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡi/ [ˈba.ɡi]
• Rhymes: -aɡi
• Syllabification: ba‧gi

Verb

bagi (active membagi, passive dibagi)

1. to share (to give part of what one has to somebody)
2. to share (to divide and distribute)
3. to divide (to split or separate something into two or more parts)
4. (arithmetic) to divide

Preposition

bagi

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

Noun

bagi

1. (arithmetic, uncommon) division (the act of dividing number)

   Synonym: pembagian

2. (rare) fraction, part, piece, section

   Synonyms: bagian, pecahan

Derived terms

• bagi-bagi (“to share a lot; to share for many; division”)
• bagian (“part; piece; section”)
• bagikan (“to share”) (also ditransitive)
• berbagi (“to share together”)
• kebagian (“to get one's share of”)
• pembagi (“divisor; divider; sharer”)
• pembagian (“sharing; division”)
• sebagian (“part of”)
• terbagi (“shared; divided”)
• terbagikan (“shared”)

 

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɡi/
• Rhymes: -aɡi, -ɡi, -i

Verb

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

bagi

1. for; for the purpose of

   Synonyms: untuk, agar

Further reading

• “bagi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *baqagi

Mansaka

Noun

bagì

1. fate

Mentawai

Etymology

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

Noun

bagi

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

Nias

Noun

bagi (mutated form mbagi)

1. neck

References

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

Nupe

Etymology

From bazàgi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bā.ɡī/

Noun

bagi (plural bagizhì)

1. man

Coordinate terms

• yinzàgi

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bad͡ʒʲ]

Verb

bagi

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