bakal

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word bakal. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word bakal, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say bakal in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word bakal you have here. The definition of the word bakal will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofbakal, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Afar

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. male kid (baby goat)

Declension

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

Derived terms

References

  • 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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Bikol Central

Pronunciation 1

  • Hyphenation: ba‧kal
  • IPA(key): /baˈkal/,

Verb

bakál

  1. to purchase; to buy
    Synonym: suli
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

  • Hyphenation: ba‧kal
  • IPA(key): /ˈbakal/,

Noun

bákal

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

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧kal
  • IPA(key): /baˈkal/,

Verb

bakál

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

Hiligaynon

Verb

bakál

  1. to buy; to purchase; to shop

Iban

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bakal

  1. wound

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bakal (“spear used in war”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bá‧kal
  • IPA(key): /ˈbakal/

Noun

bákal

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

Derived terms

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay bakal, probably from Old Javanese bakal.

Noun

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

bakal

  1. will
    Synonym: akan

Preposition

bakal

  1. (dialectal) for
    Synonyms: buat, untuk

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

  1. firewood pile

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bakal

  1. future, prospective

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbakal/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧kal
  • Audio(file)

Noun

bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

  1. iron
    Synonym: yero
  2. horseshoe
  3. act of horseshoeing a horse
    Synonym: pagbabakal
  4. (slang) act of cheating money from someone
    Synonym: pangingikil
Derived terms

Adjective

bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

  1. made of iron

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈkal/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧kal

Noun

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
Derived terms

Adjective

bakál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia