laga

See also: låga

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɡa/, [la.ɣ̞a]

Verb

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

Further reading

• “laga”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “laga”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lâgâ

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

   Synonym: gaga

Derived terms

• lagaon
• maglaga

 

Cebuano

Pronunciation

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

Verb

la-ga

1. to brew; to boil

Derived terms

• lagaon
• maglaga

 

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse laga

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to order, direct, make, arrange

Conjugation

Conjugation of laga (group v-30)
infinitive	laga
supine	lagað
participle (a6)1	lagandi	lagaður
	present	past
first singular	lagi	lagaði
second singular	lagar	lagaði
third singular	lagar	lagaði
plural	laga	lagaðu
	imperative
singular	laga!
plural	lagið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Higaonon

Etymology

Akin to Cebuano dalaga.

Noun

laga

1. maiden

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːɣa/
• Rhymes: -aːɣa

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

laga — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að laga
supine (sagnbót)		lagað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		lagandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég laga	við lögum	present (nútíð)	ég lagi	við lögum
	þú lagar	þið lagið		þú lagir	þið lagið
	hann, hún, það lagar	þeir, þær, þau laga		hann, hún, það lagi	þeir, þær, þau lagi
past (þátíð)	ég lagaði	við löguðum	past (þátíð)	ég lagaði	við löguðum
	þú lagaðir	þið löguðuð		þú lagaðir	þið löguðuð
	hann, hún, það lagaði	þeir, þær, þau löguðu		hann, hún, það lagaði	þeir, þær, þau löguðu
imperative (boðháttur)	laga (þú)	lagið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	lagaðu	lagiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

lagast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að lagast
supine (sagnbót)		lagast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		lagandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég lagast	við lögumst	present (nútíð)	ég lagist	við lögumst
	þú lagast	þið lagist		þú lagist	þið lagist
	hann, hún, það lagast	þeir, þær, þau lagast		hann, hún, það lagist	þeir, þær, þau lagist
past (þátíð)	ég lagaðist	við löguðumst	past (þátíð)	ég lagaðist	við löguðumst
	þú lagaðist	þið löguðust		þú lagaðist	þið löguðust
	hann, hún, það lagaðist	þeir, þær, þau löguðust		hann, hún, það lagaðist	þeir, þær, þau löguðust
imperative (boðháttur)	lagast (þú)	lagist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	lagastu	lagisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

lagaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	lagaður	löguð	lagað		lagaðir	lagaðar	löguð
accusative (þolfall)	lagaðan	lagaða	lagað		lagaða	lagaðar	löguð
dative (þágufall)	löguðum	lagaðri	löguðu		löguðum	löguðum	löguðum
genitive (eignarfall)	lagaðs	lagaðrar	lagaðs		lagaðra	lagaðra	lagaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	lagaði	lagaða	lagaða		löguðu	löguðu	löguðu
accusative (þolfall)	lagaða	löguðu	lagaða		löguðu	löguðu	löguðu
dative (þágufall)	lagaða	löguðu	lagaða		löguðu	löguðu	löguðu
genitive (eignarfall)	lagaða	löguðu	lagaða		löguðu	löguðu	löguðu

Etymology 2

Noun

laga

1. indefinite genitive plural of lag

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

laga (plural laga-laga, first-person possessive lagaku, second-person possessive lagamu, third-person possessive laganya)

1. fight.

Affixed terms

• berlaga
• melaga
• melagakan
• memperlagakan
• pelaga
• perlagaan

 

Related terms

• adilaga
• palagan

 

Further reading

• “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.

Irish

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

laga pl

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

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Medan) IPA^(key): [laɡa]

Noun

laga (plural laga-laga, informal 1st possessive lagaku, 2nd possessive lagamu, 3rd possessive laganya)

1. (Medan) betta

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹lɑːɡɑ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɡɑ
• Hyphenation: la‧ga

Verb

laga

1. simple past and past participle of lage

Alternative forms

• lagene

Noun

laga n

1. definite plural of lag

Anagrams

• A-lag, a-lag, gala

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From the noun lag n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lɑːɡɑ/

Verb

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

1. to make

Usage notes

• This is a split infinitive verb.

Derived terms

• matlaging

References

• “laga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• A-lag, a-lag, alga, gala

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡɒ/

Noun

laga f (plural lagas)

1. (nautical) wake

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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

Verb

laga

1. to prepare, make ready

Conjugation

Conjugation of laga — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	laga
present participle	lagandi
past participle	lagaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	laga	lagaða
2nd-person singular	lagar	lagaðir
3rd-person singular	lagar	lagaði
1st-person plural	lǫgum	lǫguðum
2nd-person plural	lagið	lǫguðuð
3rd-person plural	laga	lǫguðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	laga	lagaða
2nd-person singular	lagir	lagaðir
3rd-person singular	lagi	lagaði
1st-person plural	lagim	lagaðim
2nd-person plural	lagið	lagaðið
3rd-person plural	lagi	lagaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	laga
1st-person plural	lǫgum
2nd-person plural	lagið

Conjugation of laga — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	lagask
present participle	lagandisk
past participle	lagazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	lǫgumk	lǫguðumk
2nd-person singular	lagask	lagaðisk
3rd-person singular	lagask	lagaðisk
1st-person plural	lǫgumsk	lǫguðumsk
2nd-person plural	lagizk	lǫguðuzk
3rd-person plural	lagask	lǫguðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	lǫgumk	lǫguðumk
2nd-person singular	lagisk	lagaðisk
3rd-person singular	lagisk	lagaðisk
1st-person plural	lagimsk	lagaðimsk
2nd-person plural	lagizk	lagaðizk
3rd-person plural	lagisk	lagaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	lagask
1st-person plural	lǫgumsk
2nd-person plural	lagizk

Derived terms

• lagan f
• lǫgun f

Descendants

• Danish: lave
• Faroese: laga
• Icelandic: laga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: laga, lage
• Norwegian Bokmål: lage
• Swedish: laga

Etymology 2

Noun

laga f (genitive lǫgu)

1. a meeting (planned)

   Synonym: fundr

Declension

  Declension of laga (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	laga	lagan	lǫgur	lǫgurnar
accusative	lǫgu	lǫguna	lǫgur	lǫgurnar
dative	lǫgu	lǫgunni	lǫgum	lǫgunum
genitive	lǫgu	lǫgunnar	lagna	lagnanna

References

• “laga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

laga

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

Oromo

Noun

laga

1. river

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of laska + -ga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: la‧ga

Noun

laga f

1. Augmentative of laska

   Synonym: lacha

Declension

Declension of laga

	singular	plural
nominative	laga	lagi
genitive	lagi	lag
dative	ladze	lagom
accusative	lagę	lagi
instrumental	lagą	lagami
locative	ladze	lagach
vocative	lago	lagi

Further reading

• laga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• laga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of laga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	laga		lagas
Supine	lagat		lagats
Imperative	laga		—
Imper. plural1	lagen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	lagar	lagade	lagas	lagades
Ind. plural1	laga	lagade	lagas	lagades
Subjunctive2	lage	lagade	lages	lagades
	Participles
Present participle	lagande
Past participle	lagad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• laga mat
• laga sig
• lagning

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

laga (not comparable)

1. (dated, law) lawful, legal

   Antonym: olaga

Derived terms

• i laga ordning
• laga ansvar
• laga befogenhet
• laga domstol
• laga fång
• laga förfall
• laga kraft
• laga skifte

References

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

Anagrams

• gala

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lagà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄ)

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

Derived terms

• ilaga
• lagaan
• lagain
• lalagain
• maglaga
• nilaga

 

Further reading

• “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

Anagrams

• gala

Tiruray

Noun

laga

1. price