jaga

From Malay jaga (“to awake; to watch over”).

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɡa/, [ˈd͡ʒa˧.ɡa(˦)]

jaga (invariable)

1. (Manglish, Singlish) To keep watch, to watch over.
   • 2014, Danielle Lim, chapter 14, in The Sound of SCH: A Mental Breakdown, A Life Journey, Ethos Books, →ISBN:

     […] I better go to Ma’s place. You jaga the girls.

   • 2021 June 24, Jessica Heng, quoting Mr Kadir, “A Journey Through The Only HDB Estate In Siglap, The Lesser-known Dakota Crescent”, in ricemedia.co‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 September 2024:

     “Next to my shop, there was this auntie selling joss sticks and traditional Chinese items,” Mr Kadir said. “She would always help to jaga my shop when I need to go out, and when customers come she will help me to tell them to wait. After the work day finishes, she’ll always tell me to go home safely, I always remember that.”

   • 2023, Kristian-Marc James Paul, Myle Yan Tay, Mysara Aljaru, Brown is Redacted: Reflecting on Race in Singapore, Ethos Books, →ISBN:

     We sat around at the NLB after midnight and helped to jaga these migrant workers who were painting.

jaga

1. (Malaysia, Singapore) A guard or watchman.
   • 1965 February 25, “'Workers' fool jaga in $4,000 theft”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, page 8:

     The driver, holding a bunch of keys, approached the jaga, and told him that the kepala of the company, the Hock Lam Company, — in North Bridge Road, had sent him to collect some goods.

   • 2010, Peter Thompson, The Battle for Singapore: The True Story of the Greatest Catastrophe of World War II, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN:

     At the boarding house, the jaga — nightwatchman — hurriedly turned on all the lights so that everyone could see what was happening.

   • 2020, Irene Lim, 90 Years in Singapore, Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd, →ISBN:

     The Oldham Lane home was a big flat with an office below us and Oldham Hall up the hill. An Indian jaga slept outside the office on his charpoy (rope bed) and he cooked in the open.

From Malay jaga.

jaga

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

jaga

1. on guard; vigilant
2. awake

• Baba Malay Dictionary

Borrowed from Old Javanese jaga, from Sanskrit [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.ɡə/
• Rhymes: -aɡə
• Hyphenation: ja‧ga

jaga (Balinese script ᬚᬕ)

1. to watch
2. to wait
3. (alus mider) will

• “jaga” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈjeːa/

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

1. to hunt

• djaga (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɡa/ [ˈd͡ʒa.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: ja‧ga

jaga (active menjaga, passive dijaga)

1. (transitive) to watch over, to keep, to guard
2. (intransitive, rare) to awake

• “jaga” 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.

jaga

1. romanization of ꦗꦒ

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɡa/ [ˈd͡ʒa.ɡa]
• Hyphenation: ja‧ga

jaga (Jawi spelling جاݢ)

1. to awake
2. to watch over

• 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

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

• jaget
• jagde (simple past)
• jog (simple past)
• jagd (past participle)

jaga

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

• jage

From Old Norse jaga, from Middle Low German jagen.

• IPA^(key): /²jɑːɡɑ/

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

1. to hunt, chase

• “jaga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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

jaga

1. watchful, vigilant, cautious

jaga

1. what or who is coming, expected

• Javanese: ꦗꦒ (jaga)
• → Balinese: ᬚᬕ (jaga)

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

jaga

1. nominative/accusative plural of jag

jaga

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

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.

• (verb) IPA^(key): /²jɑːɡa/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /¹jɑːɡa/

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• Rhymes: -²ɑːɡa

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

jaga c

1. (Norrland) tag (game)

   Synonyms: jagis, datten, kull, tafatt

• förjaga
• injaga
• jägare
• jagare
• jakt
• uppjaga

• jaga in Svensk ordbok.

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

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaɡa/ [d͡ʒaˈɣɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ja‧ga

jaga

1. guard, watchman; mourner

jaga

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

• majaga

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒa.ɡa]

jaga

1. a tree branch

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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒa.ɡa]

jaga

1. (transitive) to guard, to keep guard

jaga

1. often

   ngori rioru jaga cumu ― my stomach often hurts

• 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