bagi

See also: bagi' and bağı

Languages (13)

English

---

Cebuano • Danish • Iban • Icelandic • Ilocano • Indonesian • Malay • Mansaka • Mentawai • Nias • Nupe • Romanian

---

Page categories

English

Etymology

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

Noun

bagi (plural bagis)

1. 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

1. a unicornfish; any member of the genus Naso

Danish

Etymology

Compound of bag +‎ i.

Adverb

bagi

1. in the back (of something)

   Antonym: foran

   1. (euphemistic) backside, behind, buttock

Preposition

bagi

1. in the back part (of something)

References

• “bagi” in Den Danske Ordbog