bagara
Juba Arabic
Etymology
From Sudanese Arabic بقرة (bagara), from Arabic بَقَرَة (baqara).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaɡaɾa/, [ˈba.ɡa.ɾa]
Noun
bagara (plural abugaar)
References
- Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English[1], 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
- alternative form of gara
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɡaˈra/
- Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧ra
Verb
bagará
- (intransitive) to move
- Depe tikus ada bagara sadiki walopun so mati.
- The mouse moved a little even though (it) was dead.
Noun
bagará
Adjective
bagará
- moving (that moves or move)
Etymology 3
Perhaps related to the second etymology.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɡaˈra/
- Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧ra
Adverb
bagará
- (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
Etymology
From Sudanese Arabic بقرة (bagara), from Arabic بَقَرَة (baqara).
Noun
bágara
References
- Wellens, Ineke (2005) The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN, page 114