# bakal
## Afar
### Pronunciation

* bákal: IPA: /ˈbʌkʌl/
* bakál: IPA: /bʌˈkʌl/
* Hyphenation: ba‧kal

### Noun

bákal or bakál m (plural bókol m or bokól m)
* male kid (baby goat)

#### Declension

absolutive
bákal
predicative
bákala
subjective
bákal
genitive
bákal
Postpositioned forms
l-case
bákalal
k-case
bákalak
t-case
bákalat
h-case
bákalah :
absolutive
bakál
predicative
bakála
subjective
bakál
genitive
bakál
Postpositioned forms
l-case
bakálal
k-case
bakálak
t-case
bakálat
h-case
bakálah :

#### Coordinate terms

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

#### Derived terms

* (diminutive) bakáltu

### References

* 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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Betawi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bakal/
** Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: ba‧kal

### Noun

bakal
* candidate

### Adjective

bakal
* aspiring; future; would-be

### Preposition

bakal
* for
    Synonym: buat

### Adverb

bakal
* will
    Synonyms: bakalan, mao

### Derived terms

* bakalan
* dibakal
* mbakal
* ngebakal

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation 1

* Hyphenation: ba‧kal
* IPA: /baˈkal/ [baˈkal̪]

#### Verb

bakál
* to purchase; to buy
    Synonym: suli

##### Derived terms

* bakalon
* magbakal
* mambakal
* parabakal

### Pronunciation 2

* Hyphenation: ba‧kal
* IPA: /ˈbakal/ [ˈba.kal̪]

#### Noun

bákal
* sale
    Synonym: tinda
* deal (for goods)
    Synonym: kontrata

##### Derived terms

* pabakal

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧kal
* IPA: /baˈkal/ [bɐˈkal̪]

### Verb

bakál
* (dialectal, Negros) to buy; to purchase
    Synonym: palit

## Hiligaynon
### Verb

bakál
* to buy; to purchase; to shop

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧kal
* IPA: /bakal/

### Noun

bakal
* wound

## Ilocano
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbakal/ [ˈbɐ.kal]
* Hyphenation: bá‧kal

### Noun

bákal (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)
* battle; fight; war
    Synonyms: gubat, kabil

#### Derived terms

* agbakal
* bakalen
* ibakal
* kabakal
* makibakal

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay bakal, probably from Old Javanese bakal.

#### Noun

bakal (plural bakal-bakal)
* material (destined for something)
    Synonym: bahan
* aspirant, future, prospective
    Synonym: calon
* (biology) primordium: an aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ
* (biology) bud

#### Adverb

bakal
* will
    Synonyms: akan, bakalan

#### Preposition

bakal
* (dialectal) for
    Synonyms: buat, untuk

#### Derived terms

* bakalan
* membakal
* membakalkan
* pembakalan
* bakal biji
* bakal buah
* bakal calon
* bakal kambium
* bakal kuncup
* bakal obat

#### Related terms

* bekal
* bekel

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

bakal (plural bakal-bakal)
* firewood pile

### Further reading

* “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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

bakal
* Romanization of ꦧꦏꦭ꧀

## Ladino
### Alternative forms

* bakkal

### Noun

bakal m (Hebrew spelling באקאל)
* shopkeeper (merchant)
    Synonyms: butikaryo, ispisieru
    Hypernym: komersante
** 1988, Miriam Raymond, edited by Matilda Koén-Sarano, De Saragosa a Yerushaláyim: kuentos sefaradís‎, Zaragoza: Ibercaja, published 1995, →ISBN, page 67:No, sinyor bakal, esto kosta sólo siete!No, mister shopkeeper, this costs only seven!

### References

* ↑ “bakal”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ba.kal]
* Rhymes: -kal, -al
* Hyphenation: ba‧kal

### Noun

bakal (Jawi spelling باکل)
* Something or somebody that may be suitable or will be something; a candidate.
    Synonym: calon
    bakal suami ― husband candidate

### Verb

bakal (Jawi spelling باکل)
* (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.

### Preposition

bakal (Jawi spelling باکل)
* For.
    Synonyms: untuk, buat, bagi, hendak

#### Affixations

* bakalkan
* pembakalan

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: bakal

### Further reading

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

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.kal/
* Rhymes: -kal
* Hyphenation: ba‧kal

### Noun

bakal
* future, prospective

#### Derived terms

* abakal
* babakalan
* bakalan

#### Related terms

* bĕkĕl

#### Descendants

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

### Further reading

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

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* bacal — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

### Etymology 1

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”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbakal/ [ˈbaː.xɐl]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -akal
* Syllabification: ba‧kal

#### Noun

bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)
* iron
    Synonym: yero
* (by extension) steel
    Synonym: asero
* horseshoe
* act of horseshoeing a horse
    Synonym: pagbabakal
* (slang) act of cheating money from someone
    Synonym: pangingikil

##### Derived terms

* bagong bakal
* bakal na kalooban
* bakal ng kabayo
* bakalan
* barong-bakal
* batong-bakal
* daang-bakal
* kamay na bakal
* magbabakal
* magbakal
* mambabakal
* pagbabakal
* pundidong bakal
* taeng-bakal

##### See also

* kalawang
* metal
* tingga
* tumbaga

#### Adjective

bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)
* made of iron
* (by extension) made of steel
    Synonym: aserado

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

bakál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)
* stave tipped with iron used in planting seed or seedlings
* act of digging small holes in the ground with a stave for planting

##### Derived terms

* magbakal

#### Adjective

bakál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)
* planted in the manner of digging small holes in the ground (of seeds or seedlings)

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* bakla, balak, labak, kalba