pagi

English

Etymology 1

Noun

pagi

1. plural of pagus

Etymology 2

Hindi [Term?]

Alternative forms

• puggy

Noun

pagi (plural pagis)

1. (India, historical) A native tracker; a person employed to track thieves by their footprints etc.

Related terms

• pug (pawprint)
• pugmark

References

• Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “pagi”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Anagrams

• pIgA

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, compare Malay pari.

Noun

pagi

1. ray (the fish)

Baba Malay

Etymology

From Malay pagi.

Noun

pagi

1. morning

References

• Lee, Nala H. (2022), “pagi”, in A Grammar of Modern Baba Malay, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 353

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paʀih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧gi
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɡi/ [ˈpa.ɡɪ]

Noun

pági (Badlit spelling ᜉᜄᜒ)

1. stingray

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paʀih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɡi/ [ˈpa.ɡi]
• Hyphenation: pa‧gi

Noun

pági (Basahan spelling ᜉᜄᜒ)

1. stingray
2. manta ray

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hiligaynon pagi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɡiʔ/, [ˈpa.ɡiʔ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧gi

Noun

pagì

1. stingray

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *paʀih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.

Noun

pagi

1. ray fish

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ-

Proto-Italic *pāks

Latin pax

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -o

Latin pācō

Latin pacāre

Italian *pacare

Italian pagareder.

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Latin pacō

Old Galician-Portuguese pagar

Portuguese pagarder.

▲

Latin pacāre

Old Spanish pagar

Spanish pagarder.

Esperanto pagi

From Italian pagare, Portuguese and Spanish pagar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɡi/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -aɡi
• Syllabification: pa‧gi

Verb

pagi (present pagas, past pagis, future pagos, conditional pagus, volitive pagu)

1. (transitive) to pay with (a payment)

   Mi pagis ses dolarojn por la manĝo. ― I paid six dollars for the meal.

2. (transitive) to pay for (a debt)

   Mi pagis la manĝon per ses dolaroj. ― I paid for the meal with six dollars.

3. (transitive) to pay to (a recipient)

   Mi pagis la kelneron per ses dolaroj. ― I paid the waiter with six dollars.

4. (intransitive) to pay

   Mi pagis al la kelnero per ses dolaroj por la manĝo. ― I paid the waiter six dollars for the meal.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pagi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		pagas		pagis		pagos
active participle		paganta	pagantaj	paginta	pagintaj	pagonta	pagontaj
	acc.	pagantan	pagantajn	pagintan	pagintajn	pagontan	pagontajn
passive participle		pagata	pagataj	pagita	pagitaj	pagota	pagotaj
	acc.	pagatan	pagatajn	pagitan	pagitajn	pagotan	pagotajn
nominal active participle		paganto	pagantoj	paginto	pagintoj	pagonto	pagontoj
	acc.	paganton	pagantojn	paginton	pagintojn	pagonton	pagontojn
nominal passive participle		pagato	pagatoj	pagito	pagitoj	pagoto	pagotoj
	acc.	pagaton	pagatojn	pagiton	pagitojn	pagoton	pagotojn
adverbial active participle		pagante		paginte		pagonte
adverbial passive participle		pagate		pagite		pagote
		infinitive	pagi	imperative	pagu	conditional	pagus

Derived terms

• alpagato (“payee”)
• alpago (“additional fee”)
• antaŭpagi (“prepay”)
• horpage (“paid by the hour”)
• paganto (“payer”)
• pagatesto (“bill”)
• pagenda (“payable”)
• pago, pagado (“payment”)
• pagtago, pagotago (“payday”)
• postpagi (“postpay”)
• repagi (“repay”)
• senpaga (“free”)
• tropagi (“overpay”)

Further reading

• “pagi”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “pagi”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *pagi according to Adelaar (1992) but doubted by Hoogervorst (2016) who proposed a loan from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit page, from Sanskrit प्रगे (prage, “crack of dawn”).

Noun

pagi

1. morning

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pagi. See there for further etymology.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɡi/ [ˈpa.ɡi]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɡi
• Syllabification: pa‧gi

Noun

pagi

1. morning

Derived terms

• berpagi-pagi
• kepagian
• pagi buta
• pagi hari
• pagi hitam
• pagi-pagi
• sepagian

Interjection

pagi

1. ellipsis of selamat pagi

Further reading

• “pagi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Noun

pāgī

1. inflection of pāgus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Malay

Etymology

• According to Adelaar (1992), from Proto-Malayic *pagi.
• According to Hoogervorst (2016), who proposed a loan from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit page, from Sanskrit प्रगे (prage, “crack of dawn”). For similar vocalism, confer Eastern Cham pagé.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [pä.ɡi]

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

pagi (Jawi spelling ڤاݢي, plural pagi-pagi or pagi²)

1. morning

Derived terms

• sepagian

Descendants

• Baba Malay: pagi
• Indonesian: pagi

Further reading

• "pagi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Mapudungun

Noun

pagi (Raguileo spelling)

1. puma

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *paʀih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.

Noun

pagi

1. stingray

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[4] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Sebuyau

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pagi.

Adverb

pagi

1. tomorrow

Noun

pagi

1. tomorrow

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• page
• pagui — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *paʀih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS. Compare Malay pari & Fijian vai.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɡi/ [ˈpaː.ɣɪ]
• Rhymes: -aɡi
• Syllabification: pa‧gi

Noun

pagi (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄᜒ)

1. ray (marine fish)
2. (by extension, obsolete) rough ray skin or leather used as an abrasive for scraping or smoothing; shagreen

Derived terms

• buntot-pagi
• magpagi
• mamagi
• mapagi
• pagihin
• paging-bulik
• paging-manok
• pagpagihan
• pamagi
• pumagi

See also

• kaskas
• liha
• paol

Further reading

• “pagi”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “page”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*paRiS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• gapi, ipag-, piga

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paʀih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /paɡi/ [paˈɣi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: pa‧gi

Noun

pagi (Sulat Sūg spelling فَݢِ)

1. ray, stingray (fish)