bagara

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Juba Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَقَرَة (baqara).

Pronunciation

Noun

bagara (plural abugaar)

  1. cow

References

  • Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎, 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 124

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology 1

From Malay bergarah or perhaps from ba- +‎ gara, which is also the equivalent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈɡara/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧ra

Verb

bagara

  1. Alternative form of gara

Etymology 2

From Malay bergerak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɡaˈra/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧ra

Verb

bagará

  1. (intransitive) to move
    Depe tikus ada bagara sadiki walopun so mati.
    The mouse moved a little even though (it) was dead.

Noun

bagará

  1. move, movement (act of moving)

Adjective

bagará

  1. moving (that moves or move)

Etymology 3

Perhaps related to the second etymology.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɡaˈra/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧ra

Adverb

bagará

  1. (usually of a negative/bad habit) always, often
    Ngana tu bagara kase ilang orang laeng pe pena.
    You always take away other people's pens.

Nubi

Bagara

Etymology

From Arabic بَقَرَة (baqara).

Noun

bágara

  1. cow

References

  • Wellens, Ineke (2005) The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN, page 114
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