ongi
Basque
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Adverb
editongi (comparative hobeto or hobeki, superlative hobekien or ongien, excessive ongiegi)
- well, good, alright
- Ongi zegoela esan zidan.
- She told me she was alright.
- very
- Synonym: oso
- Aste honeko ikasgaia ongi erraza izan da.
- This week’s lesson has been very easy.
Usage notes
editBiscayan speakers prefer ondo, while all other dialects use ongi or variants thereof. In the standard language, both terms are used with roughly the same frequency. There is no difference in meaning between both words.
Derived terms
edit- ongi bai ongi (“very well”)
- ongi baino hobeki (“very well”)
- ongi da
- ongi etorri (“welcome”)
- ongi izan (“regards”)
- ongi joan (“farewell”)
- ongi-egile
- ongi-egin (“good deed”)
- ongi-esan
- ongietorri (“welcome, reception”)
- ongile
- ongin
- onginahi (“goodwill”)
- onginahiz
- onginahizko
- ongintza
- ongirako
- ongitasun
- ongitu
- ongitxo
- ongixko
- ongizate (“welfare”)
Noun
editongi inan
- good (as oposed to evil)
Declension
editDeclension of ongi (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | ongi | ongia | ongiak |
ergative | ongik | ongiak | ongiek |
dative | ongiri | ongiari | ongiei |
genitive | ongiren | ongiaren | ongien |
comitative | ongirekin | ongiarekin | ongiekin |
causative | ongirengatik | ongiarengatik | ongiengatik |
benefactive | ongirentzat | ongiarentzat | ongientzat |
instrumental | ongiz | ongiaz | ongiez |
inessive | ongitan | ongian | ongietan |
locative | ongitako | ongiko | ongietako |
allative | ongitara | ongira | ongietara |
terminative | ongitaraino | ongiraino | ongietaraino |
directive | ongitarantz | ongirantz | ongietarantz |
destinative | ongitarako | ongirako | ongietarako |
ablative | ongitatik | ongitik | ongietatik |
partitive | ongirik | — | — |
prolative | ongitzat | — | — |
Further reading
edit- “ongi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “ongi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Finnish
editVerb
editongi
- inflection of onkia:
Anagrams
editFriulian
editAlternative forms
edit- onzi (standard orthography)
Verb
editongi
- Alternative form of onzi
Japanese
editRomanization
editongi
Karelian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *onki, a borrowing from an Indo-European language.
Noun
editongi
- rod (for fishing)
Polish
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edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editongi (not comparable)
Further reading
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- Basque terms suffixed with -ki (adverbial)
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- Rhymes:Basque/onɡi
- Rhymes:Basque/onɡi/2 syllables
- Basque lemmas
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- Basque nouns
- Basque inanimate nouns
- Finnish non-lemma forms
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- Karelian terms derived from Indo-European languages
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- Karelian nouns
- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔŋɡi
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔŋɡi/2 syllables
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- Polish terms with archaic senses
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