ramal
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ramal (not comparable)
- (anatomy, dated) Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branching
- 1890, R.W. Shufeldt, “Osteophysiology of Arctic and Subarctic Water-Birds”, in Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, volume 24, page 98:
- Between the ramal walls above this the bone is longitudinally scooped out to the upper termination of the symphysis.
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ramal m (plural ramals)
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- “ramal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ramal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “ramal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ramal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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From Malay ramal, from Classical Malay ramal, from Arabic رَمْل (raml, “sand”).
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ramal (first-person possessive ramalku, second-person possessive ramalmu, third-person possessive ramalnya)
- (obsolete) sand
- (obsolete) the sand used in fortunetelling
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- (sand): pasir
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ramal
- (colloquial) to divine
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From Malay ramal, from Classical Malay ramal (“handkerchief”).
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ramal (first-person possessive ramalku, second-person possessive ramalmu, third-person possessive ramalnya)
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ramal
- to predict
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Borrowed from Arabic رَمْل (raml).
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ramal (Jawi spelling رامل, plural ramal-ramal, informal 1st possessive ramalku, 2nd possessive ramalmu, 3rd possessive ramalnya)
- sand (finely ground rock)
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- Indonesian: ramal
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ramal m (plural ramais)
- branch (part that divides like the branch of a tree)
- (rail transport) branch line
- (Brazil) each telephone number of a private network
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ramal m (plural ramales)
- exit (of a highway or road)
- branch (of an organization)
- (rail transport) branch line
- halter (of horse)
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- “ramal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014