bakal

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

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

1. male kid (baby goat)

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

• (diminutive) bakáltu

• 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)

• IPA^(key): /bakal/

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• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: ba‧kal

bakal

1. candidate

bakal

1. aspiring; future; would-be

bakal

1. for

   Synonym: buat

bakal

1. will

   Synonyms: bakalan, mao

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

bakál

1. to purchase; to buy

   Synonym: suli

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

bákal

1. sale

   Synonym: tinda

2. deal (for goods)

   Synonym: kontrata

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

bakál

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

   Synonym: palit

bakál

1. to buy; to purchase; to shop

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

bakal

1. wound

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbakal/ [ˈbɐ.kal]
• Hyphenation: bá‧kal

bákal (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

1. battle; fight; war

   Synonyms: gubat, kabil

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbakal/ [ˈba.kal]
• Rhymes: -akal
• Syllabification: ba‧kal

Inherited from Malay bakal, probably from Old Javanese bakal, ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[b]kəl[ ] (“to give, make over”).

bakal (plural bakal-bakal)

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

bakal

1. will

   Synonyms: akan, bakalan

bakal

1. (dialectal) for

   Synonyms: buat, untuk

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

bakal (plural bakal-bakal)

1. firewood pile

• “bakal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

bakal

1. romanization of ꦧꦏꦭ꧀

• bakkal

bakal m (Hebrew spelling באקאל)^[1]

1. shopkeeper (merchant)

   Synonyms: butikaryo, ispisieru

   Hypernym: komersante

   • 1988, Miriam Raymond, edited by Matilda Koén-Sarano, De Saragosa a Yerushaláyim: kuentos sefaradís‎^[2], Zaragoza: Ibercaja, published 1995, →ISBN, page 67:

     No, sinyor bakal, esto kosta sólo siete!

     No, mister shopkeeper, this costs only seven!

Probably from Old Javanese bakal (“future, prospective”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbakal/ [ˈba.kal]
• Rhymes: -akal, -al
• Hyphenation: ba‧kal

bakal (Jawi spelling باکل, plural bakal-bakal)

2. Something or somebody that may be suitable or will be something; a candidate.

   Synonym: calon

   bakal suami ― husband candidate

bakal (Jawi spelling باکل)

1. (modal, auxiliary) Will, is going to.

   Synonyms: akan, hendak

   Dasar itu bakal diumumkan Perdana Menteri sebentar nanti.

   The policy will be announced by the Prime Minister in a bit.

bakal (Jawi spelling باکل)

1. For.

   Synonyms: untuk, buat, bagi, hendak

• > Indonesian: bakal (inherited)

• “bakal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[b]kəl[ ] (“to give, make over”). Doublet of bĕkĕl.

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

bakal

1. future, prospective

• > Javanese: ꦧꦏꦭ꧀ (bakal) (inherited)
• → Malay: bakal
  • > Indonesian: bakal (inherited)

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

• bacal — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Philippine *bakal (“spear used in warfare,throw a spear at someone”), or from Malay bakal (“raw material”), probably from Old Javanese bakal (“future, prospective”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[b]kəl[ ] (“to give, make over”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbakal/ [ˈbaː.xɐl]

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• Rhymes: -akal
• Syllabification: ba‧kal

bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

1. iron

   Synonym: yero

2. (by extension) steel

   Synonym: asero

3. horseshoe
4. act of horseshoeing a horse

   Synonym: pagbabakal

5. (slang) act of cheating money from someone

   Synonym: pangingikil

bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

1. made of iron
2. (by extension) made of steel

   Synonym: aserado

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈkal/ [bɐˈxal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ba‧kal

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

• magbakal

bakál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

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

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

• bakla, balak, labak, kalba