baga

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

baga

1. (anatomy) lung

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈba.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈba.ɣa]

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Aphetic variant of obaga, feminine of obac (“shady”).

baga f (plural bagues)

1. ubac (shady side of a mountain)

   Synonym: obac

2. a shady forest

Inherited from Late Latin baca (“ring”).

baga f (plural bagues)

1. loop
2. ring

   Synonym: anella

• baga lliure
• embagar

• “baga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah.

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡa/ [ˈba.ɡɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

baga

1. ember

baga

1. to glow
2. to broil small dried fish by placing them in a plate full of embers and shaking them

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡaʔ/ [ˈba.ɡɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

bagà

1. (anatomy) lung

Sense "misbehaving in an unusual way", from ellipsis of baga og buang.

Sense "brazen", from ellipsis of baga og nawong.

Sense "rich", from ellipsis of baga og bulsa.

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /baˈɡaʔ/ [bɐˈɡaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

bagâ

1. thick
2. (figuratively) misbehaving in an unusual way (usu. by peeping at someone while they are bathing)
3. (figuratively) brazen
4. (figuratively) rich

baga

1. to thicken
2. (figuratively) to become rich

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah, compare Malay bara.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡa/ [ˈba.ɡa]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

bága (Basahan spelling ᜊᜄ)

1. ember

   Coordinate terms: sulo, kalayo

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq, compare Ilocano bara.

• IPA^(key): /baˈɡaʔ/ [baˈɡaʔ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡaʔ/ [ˈba.ɡaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

bagâ or bagà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜄ)

1. (anatomy) lung

   Synonym: pulmon

• IPA^(key): /baˈɡa/ [baˈɡa]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

bagá (Basahan spelling ᜊᜄ)

1. Emphatic expression determined by context.

   Iyo, baga.

   Yeah, really.

   Siisay baga iyan?

   Who really was that?

bagá (Basahan spelling ᜊᜄ)

1. supposed, expected

   Mapuli ka baga nin amay.

   You're supposed to come home early.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah.

baga

1. ember

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

baga

1. (anatomy) lung

• boga

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin bāca (“berry”).

• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

baga f (plural bagas)

1. drupe; berry
2. flax capsule

   Synonym: bagaña

3. laurel tree berry

   Synonym: lorbaga

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “baga”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “baga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “baga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /baɡa/

baga

1. river bank

baga

1. bindi-eye, bindii, bindies

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

bagà

1. lung

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah.

bága

1. charcoal, cinder, coal, light

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːɣa/
• Rhymes: -aːɣa

baga f (genitive singular bögu, nominative plural bögur)

1. poem, verse, ditty

baga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bagaði, supine bagað)

1. to inconvenience, to burden, to trouble

   Synonym: ómaka

• bagi

baga

1. red

Cognates with Cebuano abaga.

baga

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq. Cognate with Tagalog baga, Amis fala, Ilocano bara, Cebuano baga and Bilba ba.

IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡəʔ/ [ˈba.ɡəʔ]

bágâ (anatomy)

1. lung

   Synonym: pulmun

Possibly derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba. Compare Tagalog baga (“interrogative particle”).

IPA^(key): /bəˈɡa/ [bəˈɡa]

baga

1. seem; kind of like; as if

   Synonym: balamu

   Baga makanita yane?

   It's kind of like that, right?

   Baga muran.

   It seems like it will rain.

   Kapilanpamung baga.

   It feels like only yesterday.

2. a comparative interrogative particle within a query to denote contrast or similarity.

   Synonym: uari

   Alineman ata nung baga?

   It's not like that, I think... Is it?

   Kalupa ne nung baga?

   I think s/he looks like him/her. Is s/he like...?

   Sanung masanting kareni nung baga?

   Which one do you think is the best?

baga

1. child, baby

Borrowed from Middle English bagge.

baga f (genitive bagae); first declension (Medieval Latin, England)

1. bag, especially for official documents
2. court department, as in the Petty Bag

First-declension noun.

• "baga", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “baga”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “baga”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 76

baga

1. (anatomy) tooth

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq, compare Ilocano bara.

baga

1. lung

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah, compare Malay bara.

baga

1. ember

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq, compare Ilocano bara.

bagà

1. (anatomy) lung

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀeq, compare Malay barah.

bágà

1. boil, abscess; sore

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah.

baga

1. ember
2. spark

-baga

1. to cause (something), to abduct

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Żywiec) IPA^(key): [ˈba.ɡa]

baga f

1. (Żywiec) chewing tobacco

• Leon Rzeszowski (1891), “baga”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności‎^[3], volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 354

Inherited from Latin bāca (“berry; fruit”).

• Rhymes: -aɡɐ
• Homophone: vaga (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga

baga f (plural bagas)

1. (botany) berry (soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits)

• bagalhão (augmentative)
• baguinha (diminutive)
• baga-da-praia
• baga-de-louro

• bagaceira
• bagaceiro
• bagaço
• bagada
• bago

• “baga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “baga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (bağa).

baga f (plural bagale)

1. turtle shell

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

• baga in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Borrowed from English bag

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥akə/^[1]

baga m (genitive singular baga, plural bagaichean)

1. bag
2. handbag
3. suitcase

• màileid
• poca

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡa/ [ˈba.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: ba‧ga

Inherited from Latin baca (“berry”)

baga f (plural bagas)

1. flax capsule

From Occitan baga (“load”), a Germanic borrowing from Gothic *𐌱𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰 (*bakka, “package”), probably a derivative of Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

baga f (plural bagas)

1. (climbing) life line

• “baga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq. Cognate with Amis fala, Ilocano bara, Cebuano baga, Kapampangan baga and Bilba ba.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡaʔ/ [ˈbaː.ɣɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ga

bagà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ) (anatomy)

1. lung

   Synonym: pulmon

   Nawalan na ng lakas na huminga ang kanyang mga baga.

   His lungs lost their strength to breathe.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah (“ember”), from Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember, glowing coal”). Cognate with Papora balah (“charcoal”), Ilocano bara (“red-hot”), Cebuano baga, Kapampangan baya, Malay bara, and Manggarai wara.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡa/ [ˈbaː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: ba‧ga

baga (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ)

1. glowing charcoal; live coal; ember

   Synonyms: alyabo, tapi

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil”). Cognate with Mayoyao Ifugao bala (“ulcer”), Kapampangan baya, Hanunoo baga, Malagasy bay, vay (“wound, boil”), Malay barah (“abscess”), and Manggarai bara (“swollen”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈɡaʔ/ [bɐˈɣaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ga

bagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ) (pathology)

1. abscess; tumor (especially of the breast)

• bagain

Possibly derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba. Compare Kapampangan baga (“seems, kind of like”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈɡa/ [bɐˈɣa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ba‧ga

bagá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ) (dialectal, Batangas, Mindoro)

1. marks a sentence as interrogative

   Synonyms: ba, (dialectal) ga

   Ano baga ang nais mong mangyari?

   What do you want to happen?

baga

1. (anatomy) hand

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq.

baga

1. (anatomy) lung

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

baga

1. guy; fellow

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 5