# laga
## Albanian
### Verb

laga
* first-person singular aorist of lag

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laɡa/, [la.ɣ̞a]

### Verb

laga ? (imperfect participle lagatzen, future participle lagako, short form laga, verbal noun lagatze)
* to let, to allow
    Synonym: utzi
* to leave
    Synonym: utzi

### Further reading

* “laga”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “laga”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaʔɡaʔ/ [ˈl̪aʔ.ɡaʔ]
* Hyphenation: la‧ga

### Noun

lâgâ
* (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) act of boiling
    Synonym: gaga

#### Derived terms

* lagaon
* maglaga

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: la‧ga
* IPA: /ˈlaʔɡaʔ/ [ˈl̪aʔ.ɡɐʔ]

### Verb

la-ga
* to brew; to boil

#### Derived terms

* lagaon
* maglaga

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse laga

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleːa/
* Rhymes: -eːa
* Homophones: lagað, laða, laðað, læa

### Verb

laga (third person singular past indicative lagaði, third person plural past indicative lagaðu, supine lagað)
* to order, direct, make, arrange

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## Higaonon
### Etymology

Akin to Cebuano dalaga.

### Noun

laga
* maiden

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaːɣa/
* Rhymes: -aːɣa

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse laga (“to prepare, make ready”).

#### Verb

laga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lagaði, supine lagað)
* to shape, mold
* to fix, repair

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

laga
* indefinite genitive plural of lag

## Indonesian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlaɡa]
* Hyphenation: la‧ga

### Noun

laga (plural)
* fight
    Synonyms: kelahi, lawan

#### Affixed terms

* berlaga
* melaga
* melagakan
* memperlagakan
* pelaga
* perlagaan

#### Related terms

* adilaga
* palagan

### Further reading

* “laga” 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.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Aran) IPA: /ˈl̪ˠɑɡə/
* (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ˈl̪ˠaɡə/

### Adjective

laga pl
* nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of lag

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Medan) IPA: [laɡa]

### Noun

laga (plural laga-laga, informal 1st possessive lagaku, 2nd possessive lagamu, 3rd possessive laganya)
* (Medan) betta

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* lagde (simple past)
* lagd (past participle)
* laget

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /¹lɑːɡɑ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːɡɑ
* Hyphenation: la‧ga

### Verb

laga
* simple past and past participle of lage

#### Alternative forms

* lagene

### Noun

laga n
* definite plural of lag

### Anagrams

* A-lag, a-lag, gala

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* lage (e-infinitive)
* låggå, lågå (Trøndelag dialect, Lesja)

### Etymology

From the noun lag n.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²lɑːɡɑ/

### Verb

laga (present tense lagar, past tense laga, past participle laga, passive infinitive lagast, present participle lagande, imperative laga/lag)
* to make

#### Usage notes

* This is a split infinitive verb.

#### Derived terms

* matlaging

### References

* “laga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* A-lag, a-lag, alga, gala

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈla.ɡɒ/

### Noun

laga f (plural lagas)
* (nautical) wake

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑ.ɡɑ/, [ˈlɑ.ɣɑ]

### Noun

laga
* inflection of lagu:
** genitive/dative singular
** nominative/accusative/genitive plural

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

Related to the verb leggja (“to place, lay”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Verb

laga
* to prepare, make ready

##### Derived terms

* lagan f
* lǫgun f

##### Descendants

* Danish: lave
* Faroese: laga
* Icelandic: laga
* Norwegian Nynorsk: laga, lage
* Norwegian Bokmål: lage
* Swedish: laga

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

laga f (genitive lǫgu)
* a meeting (planned)
    Synonym: fundr

##### Declension
#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “laga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

laga
* indefinite genitive plural of lag
* indefinite genitive plural of lǫg
* indefinite genitive plural of lǫgr

## Oromo
### Noun

laga
* river

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* lága (Biecz, Lasovia)

### Etymology

Clipping of laska + -ga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈla.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɡa
* Syllabification: la‧ga

### Noun

laga f
* Augmentative of laska
    Synonym: lacha

#### Declension
### Further reading

* laga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* laga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From Old Swedish lagha (“bring to order; form into teams”), equivalent to lag (“team”) +‎ -a. Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk laga, Norwegian Bokmål lage, Danish lave.

#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

laga (present lagar, preterite lagade, supine lagat, imperative laga)
* to repair
* to cook, make, prepare (food)
* (dated) to arrange, set up

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### Related terms

* laga mat
* laga sig
* lagning

### Etymology 2

From Old Swedish lagha, the genitive plural of lag (“law”).

#### Adjective

laga (not comparable)
* (dated, law) lawful, legal
    Antonym: olaga

##### Derived terms

* i laga ordning
* laga ansvar
* laga befogenhet
* laga domstol
* laga fång
* laga förfall
* laga kraft
* laga skifte

### References

* laga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* gala

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Southern Proto-Philippine *laqgaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *la(ŋ)gaq. Compare Hiligaynon laga, Cebuano laga, and Bikol Central gaga.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlaɡaʔ/ [ˈlaː.ɣɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
* Syllabification: la‧ga

### Noun

lagà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄ)
* cooking or boiling in water (of meat, eggs, corn, etc.)

#### Derived terms

* ilaga
* lagaan
* lagain
* lalagain
* maglaga
* nilaga

#### See also

* labon

### Further reading

* “laga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*la(ŋ)gaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* gala

## Tiruray
### Noun

laga
* price