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soal

See also: Soal

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English sol, sule, from Old English sol (“mud, wet sand, wallowing-place, slough, a mire or miry place”), from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mire, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid, muck”). Compare sully. More at soil.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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soal (plural soals)

  1. (UK, dialect) Alternative spelling of sole

Etymology 2

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Noun

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soal (plural soals)

  1. Obsolete form of sole (the fish)

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay soal, from Classical Malay سوٴال (soal), from Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈso.ʔal/
  • Hyphenation: so‧al
  • Rhymes: -al, -l

Noun

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soal (plural soal-soal, first-person possessive soalku, second-person possessive soalmu, third-person possessive soalnya)

  1. question, problem, matter, point.
  2. problem, difficulty, trouble.
    Synonym: masalah
  3. (education) problem, question, exercise, paper.
  4. concerning, about, regarding.

Synonyms

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  • (education): soalan (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl).

Verb

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menyoal

  1. to ask, to question, to interrogate
    Polis sedang menyoal suspek tentang rompakan itu.
    The police are interrogating the suspect about the robbery.

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: soal

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Mokilese

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Verb

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soal

  1. (stative) to be black

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