bagi

See also: bagi'

English

Noun

bagi (plural bagis)

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.

Anagrams

Baig, Biga, biga, gabi

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ba‧gi

Noun

bagi

a unicornfish; any member of the genus Naso

Icelandic

Etymology

From the verb baga (“to inconvenience”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpaːjɪ/
Rhymes: -aːjɪ

Noun

bagi m (genitive singular baga, nominative plural bagar)

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

Declension

declension of bagi

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-w1	singular		plural
nominative	bagi	baginn	bagar	bagarnir
accusative	baga	bagann	baga	bagana
dative	baga	baganum	bögum	bögunum
genitive	baga	bagans	baga	baganna

Synonyms

vesen

Indonesian

Etymology

Preposition

bagi

for

Verb

bagi (used in the form membagi)

to share

Mentawai

Etymology

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

Noun

bagi

sibling ((younger) person who shares same parents)

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