bogi
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse bogi, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpoːjɪ/
- Rhymes: -oːjɪ
- Homophones: boði, boðið
Noun
bogi m (genitive singular boga, plural bogar)
Declension
| m1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bogi | bogin | bogar | bogarnir |
| accusative | boga | bogan | bogar | bogarnar |
| dative | boga | boganum | bogum | bogunum |
| genitive | boga | bogans | boga | boganna |
Derived terms
- ælabogi m (“rainbow”)
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific *boŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *boŋi, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *boŋi, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bəŋi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀŋi.
Noun
bogi
- night, nighttime
- Synonym: (Colo East) bo
- Sa bogi mai na vanua.
- Night is falling over the land.
- (literally, “Night is coming over the land.”)
Interjection
bogi!
- a traditional greeting called out when passing or entering an occupied house at night, equivalent to good evening or good night, in which the occupant will reply accordingly with a traditional response
Usage notes
In Fijian, time is typically counted in nights rather than days. The passing of days is referred to as the number of nights that have passed, such as:
- Ena lako ki Nadi na noqu itau ni oti e tolu na bogi.
- My friend will be going to Nadi in three days.
- (literally, “My friend will go to Nadi after three nights.”)
Derived terms
- bogi drau (“100 nights (end of formal mourning period)”)
- bogi tini (“ten nights (ceremony 10 days after birth, especially of chiefs)”)
- bogi va (“four nights (ceremony 4 days after death, birth or circumcision)”)
- bogi walu (“eight nights (seasonal storm lasting 7-10 days)”)
- bogicaka, bogivaka (“to work into the night”)
- bogilevu (“in the middle of the night”)
- bogilevu tutu (“dead of night, midnight”)
- bogirua (“day before yesterday, day after tomorrow”, literally “two nights”)
- droka na bogi (“to stay up all night”, literally “the night is raw”)
- ena bogi (“last night”)
- vakabogibogi (“to do something until nightfall”)
References
- Gatty, Ronald (2009), “bogi”, in Fijian–English Dictionary[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 24
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboɡi/, [ˈbo̞ɡi]
- Rhymes: -oɡi
- Syllabification(key): bo‧gi
- Hyphenation(key): bo‧gi
Noun
bogi
Declension
| Inflection of bogi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bogi | bogit | |
| genitive | bogin | bogien | |
| partitive | bogia | bogeja | |
| illative | bogiin | bogeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | bogi | bogit | |
| accusative | nom. | bogi | bogit |
| gen. | bogin | ||
| genitive | bogin | bogien | |
| partitive | bogia | bogeja | |
| inessive | bogissa | bogeissa | |
| elative | bogista | bogeista | |
| illative | bogiin | bogeihin | |
| adessive | bogilla | bogeilla | |
| ablative | bogilta | bogeilta | |
| allative | bogille | bogeille | |
| essive | bogina | bogeina | |
| translative | bogiksi | bogeiksi | |
| abessive | bogitta | bogeitta | |
| instructive | — | bogein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse bogi, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔːjɪ/
Noun
bogi m (genitive singular boga, nominative plural bogar)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bogi | boginn | bogar | bogarnir |
| accusative | boga | bogann | boga | bogana |
| dative | boga | boganum | bogum | bogunum |
| genitive | boga | bogans | boga | boganna |
Derived terms
- álmbogi
- blóðbogi (“a gush of blood”)
- bogadreginn (“bow-shaped, curved, shaped like a bow”)
- bogaháls (“the place where the bowstring is fastened, the tip of the bow”)
- bogalist (“archery”)
- bogamynd (“the form of a bow”)
- bogaskot (“shooting with a bow, a bow shot”)
- bogastrengur (“a bowstring”)
- friðarbogi
- gráðubogi
- handbogi
- himinbogi (“the sky”)
- hornbogi
- lásabogi
- olnbogi (“an elbow”)
- regnbogi
- ýbogi
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈboɡi/ [ˈbo.ɡi]
- Rhymes: -oɡi
- Syllabification: bo‧gi
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English bogie. Doublet of bogie.
Noun
bogi (plural bogi-bogi)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sabu [Term?].
Noun
bogi (plural bogi-bogi)
Further reading
- “bogi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɔɡʲi]
Noun
bogi
- nominative/accusative plural of bog
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bugô. Compare Old English boga (English bow), Old Frisian boga (West Frisian boge), Old Saxon bogo, Dutch boog, Old High German bogo (German Bogen).
Noun
bogi m (genitive boga, plural bogar)
- bow (archery)
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bogi | boginn | bogar | bogarnir |
| accusative | boga | bogann | boga | bogana |
| dative | boga | boganum | bogum | bogunum |
| genitive | boga | bogans | boga | boganna |
Derived terms
- hornbogi
Descendants
- Icelandic: bogi
- Faroese: bogi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: boge, båggå(dialectal)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: boge
- Jamtish: buga
- Elfdalian: bugi
- Old Swedish: bughi, boghi
- Old Danish: boghæ
- Gutnish: buge
- → Old Irish: boga
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “bogi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive