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jagal.

small trader

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈd͡ʒaɡal/Standard-Indonesian[ˈd͡ʒa.ɡal]Standard-Indonesian
  1. small trader

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay jagal (“small trader”).

noun/ˈd͡ʒaɡal/Standard-Indonesian[ˈd͡ʒa.ɡal]Standard-Indonesian
  1. butcher: a person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals)

  2. butcher: a brutal or indiscriminate killer

    figuratively
  3. butcherbird (any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, family Artamidae, of Australia and New Guinea)

Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈd͡ʒaɡal/Standard-Indonesian[ˈd͡ʒa.ɡal]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to be topless

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Berau Malay [Term?]

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