cagi

cagi

See also: cà gỉ and cà gĩ

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *mata-aŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *aŋin, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *aŋin, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðaŋi/

Noun

cagi

  1. (meteorology) wind, breeze (movement of air)
    Na cagi e liwa mai na ceva.
    The wind is blowing from the south.

Derived terms

  • cagi bula (“fresh, pleasant, lively breeze”)
  • cagi laba, cagilaba (“hurricane”)
  • cagi mudre (“light wind, breeze”)
  • cagi ni doi (blustery wind that blows during May)
  • cagi ni Vugalei, cagivugalei (“skin disease, herpes zoster”)
  • cagi tataba (“gusts of wind”)
  • cagi vakacivocivo (“gusty wind”)
  • cagicagi (“breezy, well ventilated, aired”)
  • cagina (“to ventilate, to be whisked away”)
  • cegu cagi bula (“to have had nothing to eat”) (idiomatic)
  • cina tabucagi (“kerosene lamp”)
  • ivakacagicagi (“intermission, rest period, tea-break”)
  • kana cagi (“to eat nothing, to skip a meal”, literally “eat the wind”) (idiomatic, slang)
  • loma cagi bula (“to have had nothing to eat”) (idiomatic)
  • manu ni cagi (“frigatebird (Fregata spp.)”)
  • mata-ni-cagi (direction from which the wind is blowing, literally “eye of the wind”)
  • me ikacikaci ni cagi (“to die far away from home, overseas”) (idiomatic)
  • sa cagi na vuna (“all is in order, the work is proceeding correctly”) (idiomatic)
  • sala ni cagi (“windpipe, trachea”)
  • tabu cagi (“kerosene lamp, hurricane lamp”)
  • vakacagicagi (“to relax, to take a break”)

References

  • Gatty, Ronald (2009), “cagi”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 38
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