lagi

See also: lạgi and låg i

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English

Etymology

From Malay lagi (“still more”).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɡi/
  • With pitch accent: IPA^(key): [ˈlaˑ˧ɡi˦]

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Adverb

lagi (not comparable)

1. (Singapore, Singlish) More, even more.

   Lagi worse. ― Even worse.

East Futuna

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.

Noun

lagi

1. sky

References

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lagi”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɡ̊i/, [ˈlɑɡ̊i]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡi
• Hyphenation: la‧gi

Noun

lagi (genitive lae, partitive lage)

1. ceiling (the upper inner surface of the room)
2. (about rise, growth, capacity) maximum, high point

Declension

Declension of lagi (ÕS type 21/jõgi, g-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		lagi	laed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	lae
genitive			lagede
partitive		lage	lagesid
illative		lakke laesse	lagedesse
inessive		laes	lagedes
elative		laest	lagedest
allative		laele	lagedele
adessive		lael	lagedel
ablative		laelt	lagedelt
translative		laeks	lagedeks
terminative		laeni	lagedeni
essive		laena	lagedena
abessive		laeta	lagedeta
comitative		laega	lagedega

Compounds

• pealagi

References

• lagi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “lagi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.

The meaning of “sky” in Lau is reinforced by influence from Polynesian languages (compare Proto-Polynesian *laŋi, whence Māori rangi, Hawaiian lani, Samoan lagi), whereas in the standard/Bauan dialect, the meaning “sky” has shifted to the compound lomalagi (literally “middle of the sky”).

Noun

lagi

1. (Lau) sky (atmosphere above a given point)

   Synonym: lomalagi (Bau, standard)

   E karakarawa na lagi.

   The sky is blue.

2. (Lau, Rewa, Kadavu, dialectal) synonym of uca (“rain”)

   Sa tau na lagi.

   It is raining.

   (literally, “The rain is falling.”)

Verb

lagi

1. (Lau, Rewa, Kadavu, dialectal) synonym of uca (“to rain”)

Derived terms

• lagilagi (“glorious”)
• lomalagi (“sky, heavens”)
• vakalagilagi (“to praise, to glorify”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “lagi”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 132

Finnish

Etymology

From English lag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɡi/, [ˈlɑ̝ɡi]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡi
• Syllabification^(key): la‧gi
• Hyphenation^(key): la‧gi

Noun

lagi (slang)

1. (gaming) lag

Declension

Inflection of lagi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		lagi	lagit
genitive		lagin	lagien
partitive		lagia	lageja
illative		lagiin	lageihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lagi	lagit
accusative	nom.	lagi	lagit
	gen.	lagin
genitive		lagin	lagien
partitive		lagia	lageja
inessive		lagissa	lageissa
elative		lagista	lageista
illative		lagiin	lageihin
adessive		lagilla	lageilla
ablative		lagilta	lageilta
allative		lagille	lageille
essive		lagina	lageina
translative		lagiksi	lageiksi
abessive		lagitta	lageitta
instructive		—	lagein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of lagi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lagini lagini accusative nom. lagini lagini gen. lagini genitive lagini lagieni partitive lagiani lagejani inessive lagissani lageissani elative lagistani lageistani illative lagiini lageihini adessive lagillani lageillani ablative lagiltani lageiltani allative lagilleni lageilleni essive laginani lageinani translative lagikseni lageikseni abessive lagittani lageittani instructive — — comitative — lageineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lagisi lagisi accusative nom. lagisi lagisi gen. lagisi genitive lagisi lagiesi partitive lagiasi lagejasi inessive lagissasi lageissasi elative lagistasi lageistasi illative lagiisi lageihisi adessive lagillasi lageillasi ablative lagiltasi lageiltasi allative lagillesi lageillesi essive laginasi lageinasi translative lagiksesi lageiksesi abessive lagittasi lageittasi instructive — — comitative — lageinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lagimme lagimme accusative nom. lagimme lagimme gen. lagimme genitive lagimme lagiemme partitive lagiamme lagejamme inessive lagissamme lageissamme elative lagistamme lageistamme illative lagiimme lageihimme adessive lagillamme lageillamme ablative lagiltamme lageiltamme allative lagillemme lageillemme essive laginamme lageinamme translative lagiksemme lageiksemme abessive lagittamme lageittamme instructive — — comitative — lageinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative laginne laginne accusative nom. laginne laginne gen. laginne genitive laginne lagienne partitive lagianne lagejanne inessive lagissanne lageissanne elative lagistanne lageistanne illative lagiinne lageihinne adessive lagillanne lageillanne ablative lagiltanne lageiltanne allative lagillenne lageillenne essive laginanne lageinanne translative lagiksenne lageiksenne abessive lagittanne lageittanne instructive — — comitative — lageinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative laginsa laginsa accusative nom. laginsa laginsa gen. laginsa genitive laginsa lagiensa partitive lagiaan lagiansa lagejaan lagejansa inessive lagissaan lagissansa lageissaan lageissansa elative lagistaan lagistansa lageistaan lageistansa illative lagiinsa lageihinsa adessive lagillaan lagillansa lageillaan lageillansa ablative lagiltaan lagiltansa lageiltaan lageiltansa allative lagilleen lagillensa lageilleen lageillensa essive laginaan laginansa lageinaan lageinansa translative lagikseen lagiksensa lageikseen lageiksensa abessive lagittaan lagittansa lageittaan lageittansa instructive — — comitative — lageineen lageinensa

Icelandic

Noun

lagi

1. indefinite dative singular of lag

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡi/

Noun

lagi

1. plural of lago

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lagi, from Classical Malay lagi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lagi (emphatic particle). Semantic loan from Betawi lagi for "in the process of" sense.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡi/ [ˈla.ɡi]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɡi
• Syllabification: la‧gi

Adverb

lagi

1. again, anew, (bukan ... lagi) anymore; any longer
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) back and forth
3. (informal) in the process of

   Synonyms: sedang, masih

Conjunction

lagi

1. (poetic) and, also

   Synonyms: dan, serta, juga

Derived terms

• lagi-lagi
• lagian
• selagi

• lagi pula
• lagi pun

Further reading

• “lagi”, 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

Anagrams

• gali
• gila
• liga

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦭꦒꦶ
Pegon
Roman	lagi

Etymology 1

Adverb

lagi (ngoko lagi, krama saweg)

1. (auxiliary) Progressive aspect without necessarily a final perspective.

   Dheweké lagi keluwèn

   She is starving now

2. recently
3. (dialect) old times

   Kaya ing lagi

   Just like the old times

Derived terms

• lagi-lagi

Etymology 2

Verb

lagi

1. (card games) Follow suit

Etymology 3

Noun

lagi (kawi lagi)

1. a hermit

Synonyms

• derwis, darwis
• jahid, jahidu, zahid
• muni
• pandhita, pendhita
• rahib
• tapasa, tapaswi

Derived terms

• kalagèn, kalagyan

References

• Poerwadarminta, W. J. S. (1939), “lagi”, in Baoesastra Djawa, J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia

Karelian

Etymology 1

Regional variants of lagi

North Karelian (Viena)	laki
South Karelian (Tver)	lagi

From Proto-Finnic *laki. Cognate with Finnish laki and Veps lagi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɡi/
• Hyphenation: la‧gi

Noun

lagi (genitive luan, partitive lagie)

1. (South Karelian) ceiling

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of lagi (irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	lagi	luat
genitive	luan	lagiloin
partitive	lagie	lagiloida
illative	lageh	lagiloih
inessive	luašša	lagiloissa
elative	luašta	lagiloista
adessive	lualla	lagiloilla
ablative	lualda	lagiloilda
translative	luakši	lagiloiksi
essive	luana	lagiloina
comitative	luanke	lagiloinke
abessive	luatta	lagiloitta
prolative	luačči	lagiloičči
instructive	—	lagiloin

Possessive forms of lagi
1st person	lageni
2nd person	lageš
3rd person	lageh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

• kulkulagi

Etymology 2

Regional variants of lagi

North Karelian (Viena)	laki
South Karelian (Tver)	lagi

Borrowed from Finnish laki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɡi/
• Hyphenation: la‧gi

Noun

lagi (genitive lajin, partitive lagie)

1. (South Karelian, dialectal) synonym of zakona (“law”)

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of lagi (type 2/risti, k-j gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	laki	lajit
genitive	lajin	lakiloin
partitive	lakie	lakiloida
illative	lakih	lakiloih
inessive	lajissa	lakiloissa
elative	lajista	lakiloista
adessive	lajilla	lakiloilla
ablative	lajilda	lakiloilda
translative	lajiksi	lakiloiksi
essive	lakina	lakiloina
comitative	lajinke	lakiloinke
abessive	lajitta	lakiloitta
prolative	lajičči	lakiloičči
instructive	—	lakiloin

Possessive forms of lagi
1st person	lagini
2nd person	lagis
3rd person	lagih
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994), “lagi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “laki”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laki.

Noun

lagi

1. ceiling

Malay

Alternative forms

• lg (SMS slang)
• agik (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laɡi (emphatic particle). Cognate with Javanese lagi and Cebuano lagi.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡi/ [ˈla.ɡi]
• Rhymes: -aɡi, -ɡi, -i
• Hyphenation: la‧gi

Adverb

lagi (Jawi spelling لاݢي)

1. again, anew
2. always

   Synonyms: sentiasa, selalu

3. back and forth
4. (colloquial) more

   Synonym: lebih

5. (chiefly in the negative) anymore, no longer

   Saya tidak mencintainya lagi.

   I don't love him anymore.

Conjunction

lagi (Jawi spelling لاݢي)

1. (poetic) and, also.

   Synonyms: dan, serta, juga

Derived terms

Affixations

• lagi-lagi
• lagikan
• selagi

Descendants

• → English: lagi (slang)
• > Indonesian: lagi
• → Tagalog: lagi

Further reading

• "lagi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "lagi" at PRPM first version)
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lagi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “لاݢي lagi”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 590
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “lagi”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 4

Nakanai

Alternative forms

• lage

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.

Noun

lagi

1. sky

References

• Ward H. Goodenough; Ann Chowning (2016), A Dictionary of The Lakalai (Nakanai) Language of New Britain, Papua New Guinea (Asia-Pacific Linguistics; A-PL 29)‎^[3], Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 91

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.

Noun

lagi

1. sky

References

• Wolfgang B. Sperlich (1997), Tohi Vagahau Niue: Niue Language Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 171
• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lagi”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9

Old Norse

Noun

lagi

1. dative singular of lag

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡi/
• Rhymes: -aɡi
• Syllabification: la‧gi

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lagi m inan

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lag

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lagi f

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

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.

Noun

lagi

1. sky (atmosphere above a point)
2. heaven

References

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “LAGI.2”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
• Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 94

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lagui — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• lgi — text messaging

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lagi (emphatic particle), possibly borrowed from Malay lagi. Compare Javanese ꦭꦒꦶ (lagi).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡiʔ/ [ˈlaː.ɣ̠ɪʔ], (colloquial) /ˈlaɡeʔ/ [ˈlaː.ɣ̠ɛʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aɡiʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡi/ [ˈlaː.ɣ̠ɪ], (colloquial) /ˈlaɡe/ [ˈlaː.ɣ̠ɛ]
    • Rhymes: -aɡi
• Syllabification: la‧gi

Adverb

lagì or lagi (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄᜒ)

1. always; usually; all the time

   Synonyms: palagi, parati, pirmi

Derived terms

• Ina ng Laging Saklolo
• lagian
• lagiin
• laging-lungti
• palagi
• palagian

Adjective

lagi (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄᜒ)

1. unchanging; permanent

   Synonyms: permanente, (obsolete) dati

Noun

lagì or lagi (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄᜒ)

1. staying in a place permanently

Derived terms

• ilagi
• kalagian
• kalalagian
• kinalagian
• kinalalagian
• lumagi
• magpamalagi
• malagi
• mamalagi
• pamalagian
• pamalagiin
• pamamalagi

Further reading

• “lagi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte. [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language. Castilian Romance placed first. First, and second parts.]‎^[4] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag. [The noble Villa of Pila, by Tomás Pinpin and Domingo Loag.]
  • page 57: “Antiguo) Lagi (pp) coſa que eſta como antes”
  • page 250: “Detenerſe) Lagi (pp) alguno en pueblo ajeno bageando”
  • page 309: “Eſtable) Lagi (pp) q̃ noſe muda”

Anagrams

• Ilag, ilag, liga, Gail

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈla.ŋi]
• Hyphenation: la‧gi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi. Cognates include Hawaiian lani and Samoan lagi.

Noun

lagi

1. sky
2. heaven

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi. Cognates include Māori rangi and Samoan lagi.

Verb

lagi

1. (transitive) to sing

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 176

Tuvaluan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.

Noun

lagi

1. sky (atmosphere above a point)
2. heaven

References

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lagi”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laki.

Noun

lagi

1. ceiling

Inflection

Inflection of lagi (inflection type 3/kivi)
nominative sing.	lagi
genitive sing.	lagen
partitive sing.	laged
partitive plur.	lagid
	singular	plural
nominative	lagi	laged
accusative	lagen	laged
genitive	lagen	lagiden
partitive	laged	lagid
essive-instructive	lagen	lagin
translative	lageks	lagikš
inessive	lages	lagiš
elative	lagespäi	lagišpäi
illative	lagehe	lagihe
adessive	lagel	lagil
ablative	lagelpäi	lagilpäi
allative	lagele	lagile
abessive	lageta	lagita
comitative	lagenke	lagidenke
prolative	lagedme	lagidme
approximative I	lagenno	lagidenno
approximative II	lagennoks	lagidennoks
egressive	lagennopäi	lagidennopäi
terminative I	lagehesai	lagihesai
terminative II	lagelesai	lagilesai
terminative III	lagessai	—
additive I	lagehepäi	lagihepäi
additive II	lagelepäi	lagilepäi

Derived terms

• lagilamp
• pälagi
• sulagi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “потолок”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[6], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laki.

Noun

lagi (genitive lae, partitive lakõ)

1. ceiling

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Western Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.

Noun

lagi

1. sky

References

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lagi”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9