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.

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧gi

Noun

bagi

  1. a unicornfish; any member of the genus Naso

Icelandic

Etymology

From the verb baga (to inconvenience).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaːjɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aːjɪ
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaiːjɪ/[1]
  • Rhymes: -aiːjɪ

Noun

bagi m (genitive singular baga, nominative plural bagar)

  1. inconvenience, disadvantage
    þrengslin í húsinu eru mjög til bagathe lack of space in the house is a serious inconvenience
    .

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Synonyms

References

  1. Árni Böðvarsson, Mörður Árnason and others (2007, 4th ed.). Íslensk orðabók. Forlagið, Reykjavík. Accessed via snara.is.

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

Derived terms

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

Further reading


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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