bagi

See also: bagi'

English

Noun

bagi (plural bagis)

1. A voodoo sanctuary or sacred chamber.
   • 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, p. 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 (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions: Volume 1, p. 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, p. 370:

     “This is a very important time for Vodou” Papa Baz tells me as he works in the bagi.

Anagrams

• Baig, Biga, biga, gabi

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧gi

Noun

bagi

1. a unicornfish; any member of the genus

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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

m-w1	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

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay, from Sanskrit भाग (bhāga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɡi/
• Hyphenation: ba‧gi

Preposition

bagi

1. for

Verb

bagi

1. to share

Noun

bagi

1. part, share.

Alternative forms

• bahagi

Derived terms

• bagian
• berbagi
• kebagian
• membagi
• membagi-bagikan
• membagikan
• pembagi
• pembagian
• sebagian
• terbagi

 

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.

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Mentawai

Etymology

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

Noun

bagi

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

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bad͡ʒʲ]

Verb

bagi

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