# bagi
## English
### Etymology

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### Noun

bagi (plural bagis)
* A voodoo sanctuary or sacred chamber.
** 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 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, editors, The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions: Volume 1, page 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, page 370:“This is a very important time for Vodou” Papa Baz tells me as he works in the bagi.

### Anagrams

* Baig, Biga, biga, gabi

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧gi

### Noun

bagi
* a unicornfish; any member of the genus Naso

## Danish
### Etymology

Compound of bag +‎ i.

### Adverb

bagi
* in the back (of something)
    Antonym: foran
** (euphemistic) backside, behind, buttock

### Preposition

bagi
* in the back part (of something)

### References

* “bagi” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bahagi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi.

### Noun

bagi
* part; section
    Bagi kayu ti ngeluarka buah nya bungai.The part of the tree which will bear fruits is flower
* (Sarawak) division (political unit)
    Ba Sarawak bisi sebelas bagi menua.In Sarawak, there are eleven divisions

### Verb

bagi
* (mathematics) to divide
    Sepuluh bagi dua, nyadi lima.Ten divided by two is five
* to split; divide; cut up
    Bagi nuan buah nyaSplit up the fruit
* to allocate

### References

* ↑ Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *baqagi

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From baga (“to inconvenience”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaːjɪ/
* Rhymes: -aːjɪ
* IPA: /ˈpaiːjɪ/
* Rhymes: -aiːjɪ

### Noun

bagi m (genitive singular baga, nominative plural bagar)
* inconvenience, disadvantage
    Synonym: vesen
    þrengslin í húsinu eru mjög til baga ― the lack of space in the house is a serious inconvenience

#### Declension
### References

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

## Ilocano
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi (“share; portion”). Cognate with Tagalog bahagi.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaɡi/ [ˈbɐ.ɡi]
* Hyphenation: ba‧gi

#### Noun

bági (plural bagbagi, Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜄᜒ)
* part
* share; portion; lot
* offspring; child
* Used to form possessive pronouns

##### Derived terms

* bagian
* bumagi
* ipabagi
* kabagi
* kabagian
* mabagbagi
* makabagi
* pabagian
* pannakabagi

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈɡi/ [bɐˈɡi]
* Hyphenation: ba‧gi

#### Noun

bagí (plural bagbagi)
* body
* structure; form
* relative (person connected with another by blood or affinity)
* self
* Used to form reflexive pronouns

##### Derived terms

* agbabagi
* agbagi
* agkabagi
* agkabagian
* bumagi
* ibagi
* ibagian
* kababagi
* kabagian
* nabagi
* pammagi
* panagkabagian, panagkakabagian
* pannakabagi
* sangkabagi

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* bahagi

### Etymology

From Malay bagi, a variant of the standard bahagi, from Proto-Malayic *bahagi (“share, portion, inheritance; to allot, divide property”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbaɡi/ [ˈba.ɡi]
* Rhymes: -aɡi
* Syllabification: ba‧gi

### Verb

bagi (active membagi, passive dibagi)
* to share (to give part of what one has to somebody)
* to divide (to split or separate something into two or more parts)
* (arithmetic) to divide
    Sepuluh bagi lima sama dengan dua.Ten divided by five equals two.

#### Conjugation

| Active (1) | membagi |
| Active (2) | berbagi |
| Passive (1) | dibagi |
| Passive (2) | terbagi |
| Basic / Imperative | bagi |
| See also Appendix:Indonesian verbs. ||

### Preposition

bagi
* for (directed at; intended to belong to)

### Noun

bagi
* (arithmetic, uncommon) division (the act of dividing number)
    Synonym: pembagian
* (rare) fraction, part, piece, section
    Synonyms: bagian, pecahan

#### Derived terms

* bagi-bagi (“to share a lot; to share for many; division”)
* bagian (“part; piece; section”)
* bagikan (“to share”) (also ditransitive)
* berbagi (“to share together”)
* kebagian (“to get one's share of”)
* pembagi (“divisor; divider; sharer”)
* pembagian (“sharing; division”)
* sebagian (“part of”)
* terbagi (“shared; divided”)
* terbagikan (“shared”)

### References

* ↑ Rober Blust and Stephen Trussel (2020 June 21) The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary web edition‎

### Further reading

* “bagi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Etymology

Clipping of bahagi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi (“share, portion, inheritance; to allot, divide property”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baɡi/
* Rhymes: -aɡi, -ɡi, -i

### Verb

bagi
* to divide
* to give
    Synonym: beri
* to let
    Synonym: kasi
    Ayah bagi aku pinjam motor dia pusing jalan-jalan, kau nak ikut tak? ― Dad's letting me borrow his bike for a spin, wanna come along?

### Preposition

bagi
* for; for the purpose of
    Synonyms: untuk, agar

### Further reading

* “bagi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *baqagi

## Mansaka
### Noun

bagì
* fate

## Mentawai
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

### Noun

bagi
* sibling ((younger) person who shares same parents)

## Nias
### Noun

bagi (mutated form mbagi)
* neck

### References

* Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 24.

## Nupe
### Etymology

From bazàgi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bā.ɡī/

### Noun

bagi (plural bagizhì)
* man

#### Coordinate terms

* yinzàgi

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bad͡ʒʲ]

### Verb

bagi
* second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of băga