baga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "baga"

Asi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

Noun

baga

1. (anatomy) lung

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah, compare Malay bara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡa/ [ˈba.ɡa]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Noun

bága (Basahan spelling ᜊᜄ)

1. ember

   Coordinate terms: sulo, kalayo

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq, compare Ilocano bara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɡaʔ/ [baˈɡaʔ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡaʔ/ [ˈba.ɡaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Noun

bagâ or bagà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜄ)

1. (anatomy) lung

   Synonym: pulmon

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɡa/ [baˈɡa]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Particle

bagá (Basahan spelling ᜊᜄ)

1. Emphatic expression determined by context.

   Iyo, baga.

   Yeah, really.

   Siisay baga iyan?

   Who really was that?

Adjective

bagá (Basahan spelling ᜊᜄ)

1. supposed, expected

   Mapuli ka baga nin amay.

   You're supposed to come home early.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈba.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈba.ɣa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Aphetic variant of obaga, feminine of obac (“shady”).

Noun

baga f (plural bagues)

1. ubac (shady side of a mountain)

   Synonym: obac

2. a shady forest

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin baca (“ring”).

Noun

baga f (plural bagues)

1. loop
2. ring

   Synonym: anella

Derived terms

• baga lliure
• embagar

Further reading

• “baga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡa/ [ˈba.ɡɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Noun

baga

1. ember

Verb

baga

1. to glow
2. to broil small dried fish by placing them in a plate full of embers and shaking them

Derived terms

• bagabaga
• bagahan
• baghanan
• mokaog baga

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡaʔ/ [ˈba.ɡɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Noun

bagà

1. (anatomy) lung

Etymology 3

Sense "misbehaving in an unusual way", from ellipsis of baga og buang.

Sense "brazen", from ellipsis of baga og nawong.

Sense "rich", from ellipsis of baga og bulsa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /baˈɡaʔ/ [bɐˈɡaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Adjective

bagâ

1. thick
2. (figuratively) misbehaving in an unusual way (usu. by peeping at someone while they are bathing)
3. (figuratively) brazen
4. (figuratively) rich

Verb

baga

1. to thicken
2. (figuratively) to become rich

Derived terms

• baga ang buang
• baga ang nawong
• baga og buang
• baga og bulsa
• baga og gwatsi
• baga og nawong
• gibag-on
• kabalag-on
• pabaga sa nawong

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah.

Noun

baga

1. ember

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

Noun

baga

1. (anatomy) lung

Galician

Alternative forms

• boga

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin bāca (“berry”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡa/ [ˈbɑ.ɣ̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈbaɡa/ [ˈbɑ.ɣ̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈbaħa/ [ˈbɑ.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -aɡa

• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Rhymes: -aħa

• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Noun

baga f (plural bagas)

1. drupe; berry
2. flax capsule

   Synonym: bagaña

3. laurel tree berry

   Synonym: lorbaga

Derived terms

• bago
• debagar

Related terms

• bagaña
• bagazo
• bagullo
• lorbaga

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “baga”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “baga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “baga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɡa/

Noun

baga

1. river bank

Gooniyandi

Noun

baga

1. bindi-eye, bindii, bindies

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

Noun

bagà

1. lung

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah.

Noun

bága

1. charcoal, cinder, coal, light

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːɣa/
• Rhymes: -aːɣa

Etymology 1

Noun

baga f (genitive singular bögu, nominative plural bögur)

1. poem, verse, ditty

Declension

Declension of baga (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	baga	bagan	bögur	bögurnar
accusative	bögu	böguna	bögur	bögurnar
dative	bögu	bögunni	bögum	bögunum
genitive	bögu	bögunnar	baga	baganna

Etymology 2

Verb

baga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bagaði, supine bagað)

1. to inconvenience, to burden, to trouble

   Synonym: ómaka

Conjugation

baga – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að baga
supine sagnbót		bagað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		bagandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	baga	bagaði		bagi	bagaði
	þú	bagar	bagaðir		bagir	bagaðir
	hann, hún, það	bagar	bagaði		bagi	bagaði
plural	við	bögum	böguðum		bögum	böguðum
	þið	bagið	böguðuð		bagið	böguðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	baga	böguðu		bagi	böguðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	baga (þú), bagaðu
plural	þið	bagið (þið), bagiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

bagast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að bagast
supine sagnbót		bagast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		bagandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	bagast	bagaðist		bagist	bagaðist
	þú	bagast	bagaðist		bagist	bagaðist
	hann, hún, það	bagast	bagaðist		bagist	bagaðist
plural	við	bögumst	böguðumst		bögumst	böguðumst
	þið	bagist	böguðust		bagist	böguðust
	þeir, þær, þau	bagast	böguðust		bagist	böguðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	bagast (þú), bagastu
plural	þið	bagist (þið), bagisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

bagaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	bagaður	böguð	bagað	bagaðir	bagaðar	böguð
accusative (þolfall)	bagaðan	bagaða	bagað	bagaða	bagaðar	böguð
dative (þágufall)	böguðum	bagaðri	böguðu	böguðum	böguðum	böguðum
genitive (eignarfall)	bagaðs	bagaðrar	bagaðs	bagaðra	bagaðra	bagaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	bagaði	bagaða	bagaða	böguðu	böguðu	böguðu
accusative (þolfall)	bagaða	böguðu	bagaða	böguðu	böguðu	böguðu
dative (þágufall)	bagaða	böguðu	bagaða	böguðu	böguðu	böguðu
genitive (eignarfall)	bagaða	böguðu	bagaða	böguðu	böguðu	böguðu

Derived terms

• bagi

Ilocano

Noun

baga

1. red

Kagayanen

Etymology

Cognates with Cebuano abaga.

Noun

baga

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Lambadi

Noun

baga

1. child, baby

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English bagge.

Noun

baga f (genitive bagae); first declension (Medieval Latin, England)

1. bag, especially for official documents
2. court department, as in the Petty Bag

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	baga	bagae
genitive	bagae	bagārum
dative	bagae	bagīs
accusative	bagam	bagās
ablative	bagā	bagīs
vocative	baga	bagae

References

• "baga", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “baga”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “baga”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 76

Lindu

Noun

baga

1. (anatomy) tooth

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq, compare Ilocano bara.

Noun

baga

1. lung

Mansaka

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah, compare Malay bara.

Noun

baga

1. ember

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq, compare Ilocano bara.

Noun

bagà

1. (anatomy) lung

Etymology 3

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀeq, compare Malay barah.

Noun

bágà

1. boil, abscess; sore

Maranao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah.

Noun

baga

1. ember
2. spark

Phuthi

Verb

-baga

1. to cause (something), to abduct

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Żywiec) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡa/

Noun

baga f

1. (Żywiec) chewing tobacco

Further reading

• Leon Rzeszowski (1891), “baga”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 354

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin bāca (“berry; fruit”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡɐ/ [ˈba.ɣɐ]

• Rhymes: -aɡɐ
• Homophone: vaga (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

Noun

baga f (plural bagas)

1. (botany) berry (soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits)

Derived terms

• bagalhão (augmentative)
• baguinha (diminutive)
• baga-da-praia
• baga-de-louro

Related terms

• bagaceira
• bagaceiro
• bagaço
• bagada
• bago

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (bağa).

Noun

baga f (plural bagale)

1. turtle shell

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

• baga in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English bag

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥akə/

Noun

baga m (genitive singular baga, plural bagaichean)

1. bag
2. handbag
3. suitcase

Synonyms

• màileid
• poca

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡa/ [ˈba.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: ba‧ga

Etymology 1

From Latin baca (“berry”)

Noun

baga f (plural bagas)

1. flax capsule

Etymology 2

From Occitan baga (“load”), a Germanic borrowing from Gothic *𐌱𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰 (*bakka, “package”), probably a derivative of Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

Noun

baga f (plural bagas)

1. (climbing) life line

Further reading

• “baga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq. Cognate with Amis fala, Ilocano bara, Cebuano baga, and Bilba ba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡaʔ/ [ˈbaː.ɣɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ga

Noun

bagà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ) (anatomy)

1. lung

   Synonym: pulmon

   Nawalan na ng lakas na huminga ang kanyang mga baga.

   His lungs lost their strength to breathe.

Derived terms

• isaksak sa baga

See also

• bopes

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah (“ember”), from Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember, glowing coal”). Cognate with Papora balah (“charcoal”), Ilocano bara (“red-hot”), Cebuano baga, Malay bara, and Manggarai wara.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡa/ [ˈbaː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: ba‧ga

Noun

baga (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ)

1. glowing charcoal; live coal; ember

   Synonyms: alyabo, tapi

Derived terms

• bagahan
• ibaga
• magbaga
• nagbabaga
• pabagahin
• pagbagahin

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil”). Cognate with Mayoyao Ifugao bala (“ulcer”), Hanunoo baga, Malagasy bay, vay (“wound, boil”), Malay barah (“abscess”), and Manggarai bara (“swollen”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈɡaʔ/ [bɐˈɣaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ga

Noun

bagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ) (pathology)

1. abscess; tumor (especially of the breast)

Derived terms

• bagain

Related terms

• maga
• paga

See also

• bukol
• pigsa

Etymology 4

Possibly derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈɡa/ [bɐˈɣa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ba‧ga

Particle

bagá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ) (dialectal, Batangas, Mindoro)

1. marks a sentence as interrogative

   Synonyms: ba, (dialectal) ga

   Ano baga ang nais mong mangyari?

   What do you want to happen?

Derived terms

• bagaman
• bagamat
• kumbaga

Taroko

Noun

baga

1. (anatomy) hand

Tiruray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

Noun

baga

1. (anatomy) lung

Tok Pisin

Noun

baga

1. guy; fellow