laga

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Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

laga ? (imperfect participle lagatzen, future participle lagako, short form laga, verbal noun lagatze)

  1. to let, to allow
    Synonym: utzi
  2. to leave
    Synonym: utzi

Further reading[edit]

  • "laga" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • laga” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Bikol Central[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaʔɡaʔ/, [ˈl̪aʔ.ɡaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: la‧ga

Noun[edit]

lâgâ

  1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) act of boiling
    Synonym: gaga

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Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: la‧ga
  • IPA(key): /ˈlaʔɡaʔ/, [ˈl̪aʔ.ɡʌʔ]

Verb[edit]

la-ga

  1. to brew; to boil

Derived terms[edit]

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse laga

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

laga (third person singular past indicative lagaði, third person plural past indicative lagaðu, supine lagað)

  1. to order, direct, make, arrange

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of laga (group v-30)
infinitive laga
supine lagað
participle (a6)1 lagandi lagaður
present past
first singular lagi lagaði
second singular lagar lagaði
third singular lagar lagaði
plural laga lagaðu
imperative
singular laga!
plural lagið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Higaonon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Cebuano dalaga.

Noun[edit]

laga

  1. maiden

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Norse laga (to prepare, make ready).

Verb[edit]

laga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lagaði, supine lagað)

  1. to shape, mold
  2. to fix, repair
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

laga

  1. indefinite genitive plural of lag

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈlaɡa]
  • Hyphenation: la‧ga

Noun[edit]

laga (plural laga-laga, first-person possessive lagaku, second-person possessive lagamu, third-person possessive laganya)

  1. fight.

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Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

laga pl

  1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of lag

Malay[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

laga (plural laga-laga, informal 1st possessive lagaku, 2nd possessive lagamu, 3rd possessive laganya)

  1. (Medan) betta

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /¹lɑːɡɑ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɡɑ
  • Hyphenation: la‧ga

Verb[edit]

laga

  1. simple past and past participle of lage

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

laga n

  1. definite plural of lag

Anagrams[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the noun lag n.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

laga (present tense lagar, past tense laga, past participle laga, passive infinitive lagast, present participle lagande, imperative laga/lag)

  1. to make

Usage notes[edit]

  • This is a split infinitive verb.

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Occitan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

laga f (plural lagas)

  1. (nautical) wake

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Related to the verb leggja (to place, lay). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb[edit]

laga

  1. to prepare, make ready
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Danish: lave
  • Faroese: laga
  • Icelandic: laga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: laga, lage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lage
  • Swedish: laga

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

laga f (genitive lǫgu)

  1. a meeting (planned)
    Synonym: fundr
Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • laga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

laga

  1. indefinite genitive plural of lag
  2. indefinite genitive plural of lǫg
  3. indefinite genitive plural of lǫgr

Oromo[edit]

Noun[edit]

laga

  1. river

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From laska +‎ -ga.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

laga f

  1. Augmentative of laska
    Synonym: lacha

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Swedish lagha (bring to order; form into teams), equivalent to lag (team) +‎ -a. Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk laga, Norwegian Bokmål lage, Danish lave.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

laga (present lagar, preterite lagade, supine lagat, imperative laga)

  1. to repair
  2. to cook, make, prepare (food)
  3. (dated) to arrange, set up
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Swedish lagha, the genitive plural of lag (law).

Adjective[edit]

laga (not comparable)

  1. (dated, law) lawful, legal
    Antonym: olaga
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • laga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Southern Proto-Philippine *laqgaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *la(ŋ)gaq. Compare Hiligaynon laga, Cebuano laga, and Bikol Central gaga.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɡaʔ/, [ˈla.ɣɐʔ]
  • Hyphenation: la‧ga

Noun[edit]

lagà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄ)

  1. cooking or boiling in water (of meat, eggs, corn, etc.)

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • laga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*la(ŋ)gaq”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Tiruray[edit]

Noun[edit]

laga

  1. price