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Baba Malay

Etymology

From Malay jaga.

Verb

jaga

  1. to be on guard; to be vigilant
  2. to be awake

Adjective

jaga

  1. on guard; vigilant
  2. awake

Further reading

Balinese

Romanization

jaga

  1. Romanization of ᬚᬕ

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse jaga, from Middle Low German jāgen, from Old Saxon *jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

Pronunciation

Verb

jaga (third person singular past indicative jagaði, third person plural past indicative jagað, supine jagað)

  1. to hunt

Conjugation

Conjugation of jaga (group v-30)
infinitive jaga
supine jagað
participle (a6)1 jagandi jagaður
present past
first singular jagi jagaði
second singular jagar jagaði
third singular jagar jagaði
plural jaga jagaðu
imperative
singular jaga!
plural jagið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • djaga (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947), Republik/Soewandi (1947–1972))

Etymology

From Malay jaga, from Classical Malay jaga, from Pali jagga, from Sanskrit जागर्ति (jāgarti), जागृ (jāgṛ).

Pronunciation

Verb

jaga

  1. to awake
  2. to watch over
    Synonym: awas (Sumatra)

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

jaga

  1. Romanization of ꦗꦒ

Malay

Etymology

From Pali jagga, from Sanskrit जागर्ति (jāgarti), जागृ (jāgṛ).

Verb

jaga (Jawi spelling جاݢ)

  1. to awake
  2. to watch over

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Baba Malay: jaga
  • Indonesian: jaga
  • → Tagalog: alaga (“to take care”)
  • → Malagasy: zaha (“to investigate”)
  • → Min Nan: 若呀 (jia̍k-gâ)
  • → Pattani Malay: جاݢاوْ / ยฺากฺอ (jagɔ)
  • → Tausug: jaga
  • → Ternate: jaga

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

jaga

  1. inflection of jage:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse jaga, from Middle Low German jagen.

Pronunciation

Verb

jaga (present tense jagar, past tense jaga, past participle jaga, passive infinitive jagast, present participle jagande, imperative jaga/jag)

  1. to hunt, chase

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali jagga, from Sanskrit जागर्ति (jāgarti), जागृ (jāgṛ). Doublet of jāgra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɡa
  • Hyphenation: ja‧ga

Adjective

jaga

  1. watchful, vigilant, cautious

Noun

jaga

  1. what or who is coming, expected

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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

Romani

Noun

jaga

  1. nominative/accusative plural of jag

Spanish

Verb

jaga

  1. inflection of jacer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

From Late Old Swedish iagha, from Early Old Swedish iægha, from Old Norse jaga, from Middle Low German jāgen, from Old Saxon *jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑːˌɡa/
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Verb

jaga (present jagar, preterite jagade, supine jagat, imperative jaga)

  1. to chase (pursue)
    Han jagade honom genom skogen ― He chased him through the forest
  2. to hunt (prey)
    De jagade ren ― They were hunting reindeer

Conjugation

Conjugation of jaga (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive jaga jagas
Supine jagat jagats
Imperative jaga —
Imper. plural1 jagen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative jagar jagade jagas jagades
Ind. plural1 jaga jagade jagas jagades
Subjunctive2 jage jagade jages jagades
Participles
Present participle jagande
Past participle jagad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

Further reading

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Malay jaga, from Pali jagga, from Sanskrit जागर्ति (jāgarti), जागृ (jāgṛ).

Noun

jaga

  1. guard, watchman; mourner

Verb

jaga

  1. to watch, to be on watch, to beware, to be on guard

Derived terms

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

jaga

  1. a tree branch

Etymology 2

From Classical Malay jaga, from Pali jagga, from Sanskrit जागर्ति (jāgarti), जागृ (jāgṛ). The adverbial sense is likely derived from an association of vigilance with guarding.

Pronunciation

Verb

jaga

  1. (transitive) to guard, to keep guard
Conjugation
Conjugation of jaga
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tojaga fojaga mijaga
2nd nojaga nijaga
3rd Masculine ojaga ijaga, yojaga†
Feminine mojaga
Neuter ijaga
† - archaic

Adverb

jaga

  1. often
    ngori rioru jaga cumu ― my stomach often hurts

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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