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See also: pālagi

English

Etymology

From Samoan pālagi, variant of papālagi (“white person, European”). Compare earlier papalagi.

Pronunciation

Noun

palagi (plural palagis or palagi)

  1. (Western Polynesia, New Zealand) A white person; a Caucasian.
    • 1979, Albert Wendt, Leaves of the Banyan Tree:
      ‘Serves him right for trying to act like a palagi!’ she muttered to herself.
    • 1994, Jerome Gold, Hurricanes:
      Then Ione said: "Jerry, you are the only honest palagi I ever met."
    • 2010 October 10, Oscar Kightley, New Zealand Herald:
      After 170 years this is the closest Auckland has come to having a brown mayor. Sure he's a Palagi. But his name is Brown, he's run Manukau for a long time and there's heaps of brown people there so he's gladly owned by many in the Pacific Community.

Synonyms

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈla.d͡ʒi/
  • Rhymes: -adʒi
  • Hyphenation: pa‧là‧gi

Noun

palagi m

  1. plural of palagio

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Kapampangan

Etymology

From pa- +‎ lagi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈlaɡi/ [pəˈläː.ɡi]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧la‧gi

Adverb

palagi

  1. always; all the time; constantly
    Synonyms: lagi, parati, pane

Derived terms

  • palagi-lagi

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pa- +‎ lagi.

Pronunciation

Adverb

palagì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜄᜒ)

  1. always; all the time; constantly
    Synonyms: lagi, parati, pirme

Derived terms

Verb

palagì (complete pinalagi, progressive pinapalagi, contemplative papalagi, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜄᜒ)

  1. (informal) short for ipalagi

Verb

palagì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜄᜒ)

  1. (imperative, colloquial) short for pakilagi
  2. (transitive, colloquial) short for nagpalagi

Further reading

  • “palagi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
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