See also: bakał and bąkał

Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • bákal: IPA(key): /ˈbʌkʌl/
  • bakál: IPA(key): /bʌˈkʌl/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧kal

Noun

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bákal or bakál m (plural bókol m or bokól m)

  1. male kid (baby goat)

Declension

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Declension of bákal
absolutive bákal
predicative bákala
subjective bákal
genitive bákal
Postpositioned forms
l-case bákalal
k-case bákalak
t-case bákalat
h-case bákalah
Declension of bakál
absolutive bakál
predicative bakála
subjective bakál
genitive bakál
Postpositioned forms
l-case bakálal
k-case bakálak
t-case bakálat
h-case bakálah

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bakal”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Bikol Central

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Pronunciation 1

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧kal
  • IPA(key): /baˈkal/ [baˈkal̪]

Verb

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bakál

  1. to purchase; to buy
    Synonym: suli
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Pronunciation 2

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧kal
  • IPA(key): /ˈbakal/ [ˈba.kal̪]

Noun

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bákal

  1. sale
    Synonym: tinda
  2. deal (for goods)
    Synonym: kontrata
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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧kal
  • IPA(key): /baˈkal/ [bɐˈkal̪]

Verb

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bakál

  1. (dialectal, Negros) to buy; to purchase
    Synonym: palit

Hiligaynon

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Verb

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bakál

  1. to buy; to purchase; to shop

Iban

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧kal
  • IPA(key): /bakal/

Noun

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bakal

  1. wound

Ilocano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bakal (spear used in war).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbakal/ [ˈbɐ.kal]
  • Hyphenation: bá‧kal

Noun

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bákal (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

  1. battle; fight; war
    Synonyms: gubat, kabil

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈba.kal/
  • Rhymes: -kal
  • Hyphenation: ba‧kal

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay bakal, probably from Old Javanese bakal.

Noun

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bakal (plural bakal-bakal, first-person possessive bakalku, second-person possessive bakalmu, third-person possessive bakalnya)

  1. material (destined for something)
    Synonym: bahan
  2. aspirant, future, prospective
    Synonym: calon
  3. (biology) primordium: an aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ.
  4. (biology) bud

Adverb

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bakal

  1. will
    Synonym: akan

Preposition

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bakal

  1. (dialectal) for
    Synonyms: buat, untuk

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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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bakal (plural bakal-bakal, first-person possessive bakalku, second-person possessive bakalmu, third-person possessive bakalnya)

  1. firewood pile

Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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Probably from Old Javanese bakal (future, prospective).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bakal (Jawi spelling باکل)

  1. Something or somebody that may be suitable or will be something; a candidate.
    Synonym: calon
    bakal suamihusband candidate

Verb

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bakal (Jawi spelling باکل)

  1. (modal) Will.
    Synonyms: akan, hendak
    Dasar itu bakal diumumkan Perdana Menteri sebentar nanti.
    That policy will be announced by the Prime Minister in a bit.

Preposition

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bakal (Jawi spelling باکل)

  1. For.
    Synonyms: untuk, buat, bagi, hendak

Affixations

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: bakal

Further reading

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Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[b]kəl[ ] (to give, make over). Doublet of bĕkĕl.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ba.kal/
  • Rhymes: -kal
  • Hyphenation: ba‧kal

Noun

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bakal

  1. future, prospective

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • "bakal" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Philippine *bakal (spear used in warfare,throw a spear at someone). Compare Malay bakal (raw material).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbakal/ [ˈbaː.xɐl]
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  • Rhymes: -akal
  • Syllabification: ba‧kal

Noun

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bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

  1. iron
    Synonym: yero
  2. (by extension) steel
    Synonym: asero
  3. horseshoe
  4. act of horseshoeing a horse
    Synonym: pagbabakal
  5. (slang) act of cheating money from someone
    Synonym: pangingikil
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Adjective

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bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

  1. made of iron

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bakál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

  1. stave tipped with iron used in planting seed or seedlings
  2. act of digging small holes in the ground with a stave for planting
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Adjective

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bakál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

  1. planted in the manner of digging small holes in the ground (of seeds or seedlings)

Further reading

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  • bakal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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