palagi

palagi

See also: pālagi

English

Etymology

From Samoan pālagi, variant of paplāgi (“white person, European”).

Pronunciation

• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpalʌŋi/, /paˈlʌŋi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːlaŋi/, /pəˈlaŋi/

Noun

palagi (plural palagis or palagi)

1. (Western Polynesia, New Zealand) A white person; a Caucasian.
   • 1979, Albert Wendt, Leaves of the Banyan Tree:

     ‘Serves him right for trying to act like a palagi!’ she muttered to herself.

   • 1994, Jerome Gold, Hurricanes:

     Then Ione said: "Jerry, you are the only honest palagi I ever met."

   • 2010, Oscar Kightley, New Zealand Herald, 10 Oct 2010:

     After 170 years this is the closest Auckland has come to having a brown mayor. Sure he's a Palagi. But his name is Brown, he's run Manukau for a long time and there's heaps of brown people there so he's gladly owned by many in the Pacific Community.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -adʒi

Noun

palagi m

1. plural of palagio

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Tagalog

Etymology

From pa- +‎ lagi

Adverb

palagi

1. always; all the time; constantly

Synonyms

• parati
• pirmi