lagu

Dena'ina

Particle

lagu

1. I wonder

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit लघु (laghu, “gentle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaɡu]
• Hyphenation: la‧gu

Noun

lagu (first-person possessive laguku, second-person possessive lagumu, third-person possessive lagunya)

1. song

   Synonym: gita

2. rhythm, tone
3. behavior

Derived terms

• belagu
• berlagu
• laguan
• melagu
• melagui
• melagukan
• pelagu
• pelaguan

 

Compounds

• lagu cadas
• lagu dua
• lagu film
• lagu instrumental
• lagu kebangsaan
• lagu mini
• lagu pilihan
• lagu puji-pujian
• lagu religi
• lagu rohani
• lagu tebaununggu
• lagu vokal
• lagu wajib
• lagu wandiu-diu

 

Further reading

• “lagu” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Anagrams

• gaul
• gula

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese lago. Cognate with Guinea-Bissau Creole lagua.

Noun

lagu

1. lake

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Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *laguq.

Noun

lagu

1. beauty

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Kedah Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit लघु (laghu, “gentle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɡu/

Noun

lagu

1. song (used in other states as well)

   Hangpa nak biaq aku ghenggah soghang-soghang ja ka; lagu ni syok gak ni, mai nyanyi sama!

   Are you going to let me do all the singing; this song is quite good, come sing along!

Adverb

lagu

1. (in that/this) Way, manner, like (that/this)

   Huduh ngat aih hangpa dok jelan lidah lagu tu, seghupa ngan hantu pa aih!

   It is so ugly that you stick out your tongue like that, you looked like a ghost!

Derived terms

It is usually used as compound words as following:

• lagu mana (“how”)
• lagu tu (“like that”)
• lagu ni (“like this”)
• lagu dia (“like him”)
• lagu Ahmad (“like Ahmad”)

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Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit लघु (laghu, “gentle”).

Noun

lagu (Jawi spelling لاݢو‎, plural lagu-lagu, informal 1st possessive laguku, 2nd possessive lagumu, 3rd possessive lagunya)

1. song

Further reading

• “lagu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.ɡu/, [ˈlɑ.ɣu]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *lagu (“water, sea”).

Cognate with Latin lacus (“hollow, pond”), Old Irish loch (“lake, pond”), Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “waterhole, pond, pit”).

Alternative forms

• lago

Noun

lagu m

1. sea, water, lake
2. the runic character ᛚ (/l/)

Declension

Declension of lagu (strong u-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lagu	laga
accusative	lagu	laga
genitive	laga	laga
dative	laga	lagum

Synonyms

• lacu
• sǣ
• mere

Derived terms

• lagucræftiġ
• lagustrǣt

Descendants

• Middle English: lai, laie, leye, laȝe, lawe
  • English: lay

Etymology 2

Borrowed (ca. 1000 C.E.) from Old Norse lǫg (“the things that are laid down, the laws”), originally a neuter plural but reanalysed as a feminine singular when it was borrowed into Old English. From the singular Proto-Germanic *lagą (“something laid”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-, the root of English lie, lay.

The Old Icelandic word means "something laid down or fixed", both in the literal sense of "layer, stratum" and in the figurative "agreed share", "fixed price", "partnership", etc. The plural had the collective sense of "[body of] law". The native Old English word replaced by the Old Norse loan was ǣ.

Alternative forms

• lage
• lah- – in compounds

Noun

lagu f

1. law, ordinance, rule, regulation; right, legal privilege

   lahbryċe ― breach of law

   lahċēap ― payment for the restoration of legal rights

   lahwita ― lawyer, attorney

   lahslite ― fine, penalty for breaking the law

Usage notes

• In compounds, the form lah- is frequently encountered, with normal Late West Saxon fricative devoicing in syllable-final position.

Declension

Declension of lagu (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lagu	laga, lage
accusative	lage	laga, lage
genitive	lage	laga
dative	lage	lagum

Descendants

• Middle English: laȝe, lawe
  • English: law
  • Scots: law

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Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin lacus (“lake”). Compare Aragonese laco, Catalan llac, French lac, Italian lago, Maltese lag, Portuguese lago, Romanian lac, Spanish lago.

Noun

lagu m (plural lagos)

1. lake