jagal

Gullah

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Wolof jagal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟa.ɡɑl/, /d͡ʒa.ɡəl/, /d͡ʒaɡ.lə/

Verb

jagal

  1. rise
    also see: jagalbod

References

  • Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɡal/ [ˈd͡ʒa.ɡal]
  • Rhymes: -aɡal
  • Syllabification: ja‧gal

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay jagal (small trader).

Noun

jagal (plural jagal-jagal)

  1. small trader
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Javanese ꦗꦒꦭ꧀ (jagal, butcher). Calque of English butcherbird.

Noun

jagal (plural jagal-jagal)

  1. butcher:
    1. (literal) a person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals)
    2. (figurative) a brutal or indiscriminate killer
      Synonym: pembantai
  2. butcherbird (any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, family Artamidae, of Australia and New Guinea)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Berau Malay [Term?]

Verb

jagal

  1. to be topless [since 2024]

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

jagal

  1. romanization of ꦗꦒꦭ꧀