ongi
Basque
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /onɡi/ [oŋ.ɡi]
- Rhymes: -onɡi, -i
- Hyphenation: on‧gi
Adverb
ongi (comparative hobeto or hobeki, superlative hobekien or ongien, excessive ongiegi)
- well, good, alright
- Ongi zegoela esan zidan.
- She told me she was alright.
- very
- Synonym: oso
- Aste honeko ikasgaia ongi erraza izan da.
- This week’s lesson has been very easy.
Usage notes
Biscayan speakers prefer ondo, while all other dialects use ongi or variants thereof. In the standard language, both terms are used with roughly the same frequency. There is no difference in meaning between both words.
Derived terms
- ongi bai ongi (“very well”)
- ongi baino hobeki (“very well”)
- ongi da
- ongi etorri (“welcome”)
- ongi izan (“regards”)
- ongi joan (“farewell”)
- ongi-egile
- ongi-egin (“good deed”)
- ongi-esan
- ongietorri (“welcome, reception”)
- ongile
- ongin
- onginahi (“goodwill”)
- onginahiz
- onginahizko
- ongintza
- ongirako
- ongitasun
- ongitu
- ongitxo
- ongixko
- ongizate (“welfare”)
Noun
ongi inan
- good (as oposed to evil)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ongi | ongia | ongiak |
| ergative | ongik | ongiak | ongiek |
| dative | ongiri | ongiari | ongiei |
| genitive | ongiren | ongiaren | ongien |
| comitative | ongirekin | ongiarekin | ongiekin |
| causative | ongirengatik | ongiarengatik | ongiengatik |
| benefactive | ongirentzat | ongiarentzat | ongientzat |
| instrumental | ongiz | ongiaz | ongiez |
| inessive | ongitan | ongian | ongietan |
| locative | ongitako | ongiko | ongietako |
| allative | ongitara | ongira | ongietara |
| terminative | ongitaraino | ongiraino | ongietaraino |
| directive | ongitarantz | ongirantz | ongietarantz |
| destinative | ongitarako | ongirako | ongietarako |
| ablative | ongitatik | ongitik | ongietatik |
| partitive | ongirik | — | — |
| prolative | ongitzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “ongi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “ongi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Finnish
Verb
ongi
- inflection of onkia:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Anagrams
Friulian
Alternative forms
- onzi (standard orthography)
Verb
ongi
- alternative form of onzi
Japanese
Romanization
ongi
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *onki, a borrowing from an Indo-European language.
Noun
ongi
- rod (for fishing)
Polish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔŋ.ɡi/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔŋɡi
- Syllabification: on‧gi
Adverb
ongi (not comparable)