palagi

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

• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌːlʌŋi/, /pʌˈlʌŋ(ɡ)i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːləŋi/, /pəˈlaŋi/

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.

• papalagi

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

palagi m

1. plural of palagio

• Paglia, paglia, plagia

From pa- +‎ lagi.

IPA^(key): /pələˈɡi/ [pə.ləˈɡi]

palagi

1. always; all the time; constantly

   Synonyms: lagi, parati, pane

From pa- +‎ lagi.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈlaɡiʔ/ [pɐˈlaː.ɣɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɡiʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧gi

palagì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜄᜒ)

1. always; all the time; constantly

   Synonyms: lagi, parati, pirme

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

1. (informal) short for ipalagi

palagì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜄᜒ)

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

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