ongi

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Basque

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Etymology

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From on (good) +‎ -ki.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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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

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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

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Noun

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ongi inan

  1. good (as oposed to evil)

Declension

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Further reading

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

Finnish

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Verb

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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

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Friulian

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Alternative forms

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  • onzi (standard orthography)

Verb

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ongi

  1. Alternative form of onzi

Japanese

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Romanization

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ongi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おんぎ

Karelian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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ongi

  1. rod (for fishing)

Polish

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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.)

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ongi (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) at one time, formerly, once
    Synonyms: kiedyś, dawniej, ongiś

Further reading

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