palagi

See also: pālagi

English

Etymology

From Samoan pālagi, variant of papālagi (“white person, European”). Compare earlier papalagi.

Pronunciation

• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌːlʌŋi/, /pʌˈlʌŋ(ɡ)i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːləŋi/, /pəˈlaŋi/

Noun

palagi (plural palagis or palagi)

1. (Western Polynesia, New Zealand) A white person; a Caucasian.
   • 1979, Albert Wendt, Leaves of the Banyan Tree:

     ‘Serves him right for trying to act like a palagi!’ she muttered to herself.

   • 1994, Jerome Gold, Hurricanes:

     Then Ione said: "Jerry, you are the only honest palagi I ever met."

   • 2010 October 10, Oscar Kightley, New Zealand Herald:

     After 170 years this is the closest Auckland has come to having a brown mayor. Sure he's a Palagi. But his name is Brown, he's run Manukau for a long time and there's heaps of brown people there so he's gladly owned by many in the Pacific Community.

Synonyms

• papalagi

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈla.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -adʒi
• Hyphenation: pa‧là‧gi

Noun

palagi m

1. plural of palagio

Anagrams

• Paglia, paglia, plagia

Tagalog

Etymology

From pa- +‎ lagi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈlaɡiʔ/ [pɐˈlaː.ɣɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɡiʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧gi

Adverb

palagì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜄᜒ)

1. always; all the time; constantly

   Synonyms: lagi, parati, pirme

Derived terms

• palagian
• pamalagian

 

Further reading

• “palagi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018