# geel
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch geel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /χɪə̯l/, [χeə̯l ~ χiə̯l]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

geel (attributive geel, comparative geler, superlative geelste)
* yellow

#### Inflection
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch gelu, from Old Dutch *gelo, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣeːl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: geel
* Rhymes: -eːl

### Adjective

geel (comparative geler, superlative geelst)
* yellow
    De zonsondergang kleurde de lucht in prachtige gele tinten.The sunset colored the sky in beautiful yellow shades.
    Ze droeg een elegant jurkje met een gele bloemenprint.She wore an elegant dress with a yellow floral pattern.
    De gele zonnebloemen stonden in volle bloei.The yellow sunflowers were in full bloom.

#### Derived terms

* barnsteengeel
* bladgeel
* blauwgeel
* bleekgeel
* botergeel
* cadmiumgeel
* chromaatgeel
* citroengeel
* donkergeel
* eigeel
* geel walstro
* geel walstro
* geelachtig
* geelbandhoningeter
* geelbruin
* geelgors
* geelhalsbosmuis
* geelhout
* geelkoper
* geelkoperen
* geelkuifkaketoe
* geelnekara
* geeloograafkaketoe
* geelpootmeeuw
* geeltje
* geelvink
* geelvleugelara
* geelwortel
* geelzucht
* gele bond
* gele fosfor
* gele haarkwal
* gele koorts
* gele kwikstaart
* gele lis
* Gele Rivier
* gele vakbond
* gelig
* goudgeel
* grijsgeel
* groengeel
* honinggeel
* kanariegeel
* knalgeel
* koningsgeel
* lichtgeel
* maisgeel
* mosterdgeel
* okergeel
* oranjegeel
* roodgeel
* saffraangeel
* strogeel
* vergelen
* zandgeel

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: geel
* Berbice Creole Dutch: geli
* Jersey Dutch: xêl
* Negerhollands: geel
* Skepi Creole Dutch: gael
* → Papiamentu: hel, geel, heel
* → Sranan Tongo: geri

### Noun

geel n (uncountable)
* the colour yellow

### See also

Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text) :
| wit | grijs | zwart |
| rood; karmijnrood | oranje; bruin | geel; roomwit |
| groengeel/limoengroen | groen | |
| blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw | azuurblauw | blauw |
| violet; indigo | magenta; paars | roze |

### Anagrams

* egel, gele, leeg, lege

## German Low German
### Alternative forms

* gel
* (Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian) gęl, gäl

### Etymology

From Middle Low German gēl, from Old Saxon gelo. Compare German gel (dated variant of gelb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡeːl/

### Adjective

geel
* (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) yellow

## Jumjum
### Noun

geel (plural girkä)
* lion

### References

* Fadul Yousif Aljuzuli Terafi Mohadin Chol, Muusa Nuer Teebu, Bal Douwash Yousif, Abrahama Kidir Blang, Abdalmajid Juma Anur, Tim Stirtz, David Graves. 2020. "Jumjum - English Dictionary." Webonary.org. SIL International. from https://www.webonary.org/jumjum

## Somali
### Etymology

The original form was likely gàal, which is preserved in some compounds. An old borrowing into East Cushitic (compare Afar gáala), from an undetermined Semitic language.

### Noun

gèel m
* (collective) camels

#### See also

* awr (“male camel”)
* hal (“female camel”)

## Wiradjuri
### Alternative forms

* kil

### Etymology

Compare Gamilaraay giili and Ngiyambaa kiil.

### Noun

geel
* urine
** 1904, R. H. Mathews, “The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 34:Urine .... .... .... kil.(please add an English translation of this quotation)