Etymology

jaga

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Today it means: To keep watch, to watch over. Full definition →

Malay jaga
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The story

  1. Malay · borrowed fromjaga“to awake; to watch over”
  2. English todayjaga

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

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