lagu

Particle

lagu

1. I wonder

Etymology

Inherited from Malay lagu, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lagu (“way, manner; melody”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡu/ [ˈla.ɡu]
• Rhymes: -aɡu
• Syllabification: la‧gu

Noun

lagu (plural lagu-lagu)

1. song

   Synonym: gita

2. rhythm, tone
3. behavior

Further reading

• “lagu” 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.

Anagrams

• gaul
• gula

Etymology

From Portuguese lago. Cognate with Guinea-Bissau Creole lagua.

Noun

lagu

1. lake

Alternative forms

• lago (obsolete, Spanish orthography)

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *laguq (“to flourish, of plants”). Also possibly from Sanskrit लघु (laghú, “well; healthy; pleasing; agreeable; handsome; beautiful”). Compare Pangasinan lago (“healthy; robust individual”) and Tagalog lago (“luxuriant growth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈɡuʔ/ [ləˈɡuʔ] (noun)
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡuʔ/ [ˈläː.ɡuʔ] (verb)
• Hyphenation: la‧gu

Noun

lagû

1. (originally figuratively) beauty (of a woman)
2. (obsolete) tenderness; softness (like a green fruit or shoot of a plant)

Verb

lágû

1. to be beautiful

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɡu/

Noun

lagu

1. song (used in other states as well)

   Hangpa nak biaq aku ghenggah soghang-soghang ja ka; lagu ni syok gak ni, mai nyanyi sama!

   Are you going to let me do all the singing; this song is quite good, come sing along!

Adverb

lagu

1. (in that/this) Way, manner, like (that/this)

   Huduh ngat aih hangpa dok jelan lidah lagu tu, seghupa ngan hantu pa aih!

   It is so ugly that you stick out your tongue like that, you looked like a ghost!

Derived terms

It is usually used as compound words as following:

• lagu mana (“how”)
• lagu tu (“like that”)
• lagu ni (“like this”)
• lagu dia (“like him”)
• lagu Ahmad (“like Ahmad”)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lagu (“way, manner; melody”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

lagu (Jawi spelling لاݢو, plural lagu-lagu, informal 1st possessive laguku, 2nd possessive lagumu, 3rd possessive lagunya)

1. song

   Lagu yang berkumandang di radio itu, menenangkan diri saya.

   The song that is played in the radio, calms me down.

Further reading

• “lagu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• https://trussel2.com/ACD/acd-s_l.htm#26868

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.ɡu/, [ˈlɑ.ɣu]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *lagu (“water, sea”).

Cognate with Latin lacus (“hollow, pond”), Old Irish loch (“lake, pond”), Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “waterhole, pond, pit”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed (ca. 1000 C.E.) from Old Norse lǫg (“the things that are laid down, the laws”), originally a neuter plural but reanalysed as a feminine singular when it was borrowed into Old English. From the singular Proto-Germanic *lagą (“something laid”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-, the root of English lie, lay.

The Old Icelandic word means "something laid down or fixed", both in the literal sense of "layer, stratum" and in the figurative "agreed share", "fixed price", "partnership", etc. The plural had the collective sense of "[body of] law". The native Old English word replaced by the Old Norse loan was ǣ.

Etymology

From Latin lacus (“lake”). Compare Aragonese laco, Catalan llac, French lac, Italian lago, Maltese lag, Portuguese lago, Romanian lac, Spanish lago.

Noun

lagu m (plural lagos)

1. lake