bakal

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

• (female kid): (Northern Afar) bakaló, (Southern Afar) bakló

Derived terms

• (diminutive) bakáltu

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)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation 1

• Hyphenation: ba‧kal
• IPA^(key): /baˈkal/ [baˈkal̪]

Verb

bakál

1. to purchase; to buy

   Synonym: suli

Derived terms

• bakalon
• magbakal
• mambakal
• parabakal

 

Pronunciation 2

• Hyphenation: ba‧kal
• IPA^(key): /ˈbakal/ [ˈba.kal̪]

Noun

bákal

1. sale

   Synonym: tinda

2. deal (for goods)

   Synonym: kontrata

Derived terms

• pabakal

 

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧kal
• IPA^(key): /baˈkal/ [bɐˈkal̪]

Verb

bakál

1. (dialectal, Negros) to buy; to purchase

   Synonym: palit

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Hiligaynon

Verb

bakál

1. to buy; to purchase; to shop

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Ilocano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bákal

1. battle; fight; war

Synonyms

• (fight): gubat, kabil

Derived terms

• agbakal
• bakalen
• ibakal
• kabakal
• makibakal

 

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Indonesian

Noun

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

1. material (destined for something)

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bacal (obsolete)

Pronunciation 1

• Hyphenation: ba‧kal
• IPA^(key): /ˈbakal/, [ˈbaː.xɐl]

• Audio:

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Noun

bakal

1. iron
2. horseshoe
3. act of horseshoeing a horse

   Synonym: pagbabakal

4. (slang) act of cheating money from someone

   Synonym: pangingikil

Derived terms

• bagong bakal
• bakal na kalooban
• bakal ng kabayo
• bakalan
• daang-bakal
• kamay na bakal
• magbabakal
• magbakal
• mambabakal
• pagbabakal
• pundidong bakal

 

Adjective

bakal

1. made of iron

Pronunciation 2

• Hyphenation: ba‧kal
• IPA^(key): /baˈkal/, [bɐˈxal]

Noun

bakál

1. stave tipped with ironused in planting seed or seedlings
2. act of digging small holes in the ground with a stave for planting

Derived terms

• magbakal

Adjective

bakál

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

Anagrams

• balak, bakla