bagua

See also: bāguà

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 八卦 (bāguà).

Noun

bagua pl (plural only)

1. The eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology.

乾 Qián ☰ Heaven

坤 Kūn ☷ Earth

震 Zhèn ☳ Thunder

坎 Kǎn ☵ Water

艮 Gèn ☶ Mountain

巽 Xùn ☴ Wind

離 Lí ☲ Flame

兌 Duì ☱ Lake

Translations

the eight trigrams of the I Ching

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 八卦 (baat³ gwaa³)

  Hakka: 八卦 (pat-koa)

  Hokkien: 八卦 (pat-kòa)

  Mandarin: 八卦 (zh) (bāguà)

• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 八卦 (ja) (はっけ, hakke)
• Korean: 팔괘 (ko) (palgwae)
• Russian: багуа (ru) (bagua)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: bát quái (vi)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɡa/
• Homophones: baguas, baguât

Verb

bagua

1. third-person singular past historic of baguer

Italian

Noun

bagua m

1. bagua

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Verb

-bagua (infinitive kubagua)

1. to separate
2. to discriminate, to segregate

Conjugation

Conjugation of -bagua
Positive present -nabagua Subjunctive -bague Negative -bagui Imperative singular bagua
Infinitives
Positive kubagua Negative kutobagua
Imperatives
Singular bagua Plural bagueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubagua Positive past positive subject concord + -libagua Negative past negative subject concord + -kubagua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabagua) Singular Plural 1st person ninabagua/nabagua tunabagua 2nd person unabagua mnabagua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabagua wanabagua other classes positive subject concord + -nabagua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -bagui) Singular Plural 1st person sibagui hatubagui 2nd person hubagui hambagui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) habagui hawabagui other classes negative subject concord + -bagui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabagua Negative future negative subject concord + -tabagua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bague) Singular Plural 1st person nibague tubague 2nd person ubague mbague 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abague wabague other classes positive subject concord + -bague
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibague Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebagua Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebagua Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibagua Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibagua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abagua) Singular Plural 1st person nabagua twabagua 2nd person wabagua mwabagua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abagua wabagua m-mi(III/IV) wabagua yabagua ji-ma(V/VI) labagua yabagua ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabagua vyabagua n(IX/X) yabagua zabagua u(XI) wabagua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwabagua pa(XVI) pabagua mu(XVIII) mwabagua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebagua "Already" positive subject concord + -meshabagua "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabagua "If/When" positive subject concord + -kibagua "If not" positive subject concord + -sipobagua Consecutive kabagua / positive subject concord + -kabagua Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabague
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nibagua -tubagua 2nd person -kubagua -wabagua/-kubagueni/-wabagueni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbagua -wabagua m-mi(III/IV) -ubagua -ibagua ji-ma(V/VI) -libagua -yabagua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibagua -vibagua n(IX/X) -ibagua -zibagua u(XI) -ubagua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kubagua pa(XVI) -pabagua mu(XVIII) -mubagua Reflexive -jibagua
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -bagua- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -baguaye -baguao m-mi(III/IV) -baguao -baguayo ji-ma(V/VI) -bagualo -baguayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -baguacho -baguavyo n(IX/X) -baguayo -baguazo u(XI) -baguao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -baguako pa(XVI) -baguapo mu(XVIII) -baguamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -bagua) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yebagua -obagua m-mi(III/IV) -obagua -yobagua ji-ma(V/VI) -lobagua -yobagua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobagua -vyobagua n(IX/X) -yobagua -zobagua u(XI) -obagua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kobagua pa(XVI) -pobagua mu(XVIII) -mobagua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -baguliwa

• Nominal derivations:
  • ubaguzi (“discrimination”)