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jaga¹

  • /ˈd͡ʒaɡa/ Singapore
  • [ˈd͡ʒa˧.ɡa(˦)] Singapore

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

verb

  1. Manglish, Singlish, invariable To keep watch, to watch over. […] I better go to Ma’s place. You jaga the girls.

noun

  1. Malaysia, Singapore A guard or watchman. 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.

Jaga²

noun Jagas · Jaga

  1. A member of a Hindu caste-based group of people who were traditionally genealogists.
  2. A member of a Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh, India, converts from the Hindu Jaga Bhatt caste.

Jaga³

noun Jagas · Jaga

  1. historical A member of any of various unrelated tribes of African warriors who attacked the Portuguese around the kingdom of Kongo.

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@misc{jaga_2026,
  title = {jaga},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jaga},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}