lagari

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gergaji, ultimately from Sanskrit क्रकच (krakaca, “saw”).

Noun

lagari

1. saw (tool)

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gergaji, ultimately from Sanskrit क्रकच (krakaca, “saw”).

Noun

lagari

1. saw (tool)

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gergaji, ultimately from Sanskrit क्रकच (krakaca, “saw”).

Noun

lagari

1. saw (tool)

Mansaka

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gergaji, ultimately from Sanskrit क्रकच (krakaca, “saw”).

Noun

lagari

1. saw (tool)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lagare — colloquial

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gergaji, ultimately from Sanskrit क्रकच (krakaca, “saw”). Compare Kapampangan, Mansaka, Cebuano, and Hiligaynon lagari; Masbatenyo, Cuyunon, Bikol Central, and Waray-Waray lagadi; Ilocano ragadi; Hanunoo ragari; Aklanon eagari; and Tausug gawgari' (“file”).

The slang sense came from the back and forth motion when sawing materials.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɾiʔ/ [lɐˈɣaː.ɾɪʔ], (colloquial) /laˈɡaɾeʔ/ [lɐˈɣaː.ɾɛʔ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -aɾiʔ
  • IPA^(key): /laɡaˈɾiʔ/ [lɐ.ɣɐˈɾɪʔ], (colloquial) /laɡaˈɾeʔ/ [lɐ.ɣɐˈɾɛʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: la‧ga‧ri

Noun

lagarì (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄᜇᜒ)

1. saw (tool)
2. usage of a saw
3. (figurative, slang) back and forth movement between different places consecutively

   Synonyms: papunta't pabalik, pagpabalik-balik

Derived terms

• ipaglagari
• ipanlagari
• lagarian
• lagariin
• lagaring panistis
• lagaring-bilog
• lagaring-pamutol
• lagaring-pating
• lagarista
• lumagari
• maglagari
• palagarian
• pinaglagarian

Adjective

lagarî (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄᜇᜒ)

1. cut with a saw; sawed

Further reading

• “lagari”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “lagari”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1977), The Bisayan Dialects of the Philippines: Subgrouping and Reconstruction (Pacific Linguistics, Series C, No. 44)‎^[1], Canberra: Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, page 213