laga

laga

1. first-person singular aorist of lag

• IPA^(key): /laɡa/ [la.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɡa, -a
• Hyphenation: la‧ga

laga ? (imperfect participle lagatzen, future participle lagako, short form laga, verbal noun lagatze)

1. to let, to allow

   Synonym: utzi

2. to leave

   Synonym: utzi

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• “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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔɡaʔ/ [ˈl̪aʔ.ɡaʔ]
• Hyphenation: la‧ga

lâgâ

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) act of boiling

   Synonym: gaga

• Hyphenation: la‧ga
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔɡaʔ/ [ˈl̪aʔ.ɡɐʔ]

la-ga

1. to brew; to boil

From Old Norse laga

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːa/
• Rhymes: -eːa
• Homophones: lagað, laða, laðað, læa

laga (third person singular past indicative lagaði, third person plural past indicative lagaðu, supine lagað)

1. to order, direct, make, arrange

Akin to Cebuano dalaga.

laga

1. maiden

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːɣa/
• Rhymes: -aːɣa

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

laga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lagaði, supine lagað)

1. to shape, mold
2. to fix, repair

laga

1. indefinite genitive plural of lag

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• IPA^(key): [ˈlaɡa]
• Hyphenation: la‧ga

laga (plural laga-laga)

1. fight

   Synonyms: kelahi, lawan

• “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.

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑɡə/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠaɡə/

laga pl

1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of lag

• (Medan) IPA^(key): [laɡa]

laga (plural laga-laga)

1. (Medan) betta

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

• IPA^(key): /¹lɑːɡɑ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɡɑ
• Hyphenation: la‧ga

laga

1. simple past and past participle of lage

• lagene

laga n

1. definite plural of lag

• A-lag, a-lag, gala

• lage (e-infinitive)
• låggå, lågå (Trøndelag, Lesja)

From the noun lag n.

• IPA^(key): /²lɑːɡɑ/

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

1. to make

• This is a split infinitive verb.

• matlaging

• “laga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• A-lag, a-lag, alga, gala

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡɒ/

laga f (plural lagas)

1. (nautical) wake

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.ɡɑ/, [ˈlɑ.ɣɑ]

laga

1. inflection of lagu:
   1. genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative/genitive plural

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

laga

1. to prepare, make ready

• lagan f
• lǫgun f

laga f (genitive lǫgu)

1. a meeting (planned)

   Synonym: fundr

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

laga

1. indefinite genitive plural of lag
2. indefinite genitive plural of lǫg
3. indefinite genitive plural of lǫgr

laga

1. river

• → Burji: lagi
• → Sidamo: laga

• lága (Biecz, Lasovia)

Clipping of laska + -ga.

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• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: la‧ga

laga f

1. augmentative of laska

   Synonym: lacha

• laga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• laga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892) “laga”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 213

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

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laga (present lagar, preterite lagade, supine lagat, imperative laga)

1. to repair
2. to cook, make, prepare (food)
3. (dated) to arrange, set up

• laga mat
• laga sig
• lagning

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

laga (not comparable)

1. (dated, law) lawful, legal

   Antonym: olaga

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

• gala

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

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

lagà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄ)

1. cooking or boiling in water (of meat, eggs, corn, etc.)

• “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

• gala

laga

1. price