ongi

Basque

Etymology

From on (“good”) +‎ -ki.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /onɡi/ [oŋ.ɡi]
  • Rhymes: -onɡi
  • Hyphenation: on‧gi

Adverb

ongi (comparative hobeto or hobeki, superlative hobekien or ongien, excessive ongiegi)

  1. well, good, alright
    Ongi zegoela esan zidan.
    She told me she was alright.
  2. very
    Synonym: oso
    Aste honeko ikasgaia ongi erraza izan da.
    This week’s lesson has been very easy.

Usage notes

Biscayan 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
  • 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

ongi inan

  1. good (as oposed to evil)

Declension
Declension of ongi (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
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
  • "ongi" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “ongi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Finnish

Verb

ongi

  1. inflection of onkia:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

Friulian

Alternative forms
  • onzi (standard orthography)

Verb

ongi

  1. Alternative form of onzi

Japanese

Romanization

ongi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おんぎ

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *onki, a borrowing from an Indo-European language.

Noun

ongi

  1. rod (for fishing)

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔŋ.ɡi/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋɡi
  • Syllabification: on‧gi

Adverb

ongi (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) at one time, formerly, once
    Synonyms: kiedyś, dawniej, ongiś

Further reading
  • ongi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ongi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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