igel

See also: Igel

Balinese

Romanization

igel

1. Romanization of ᬳᬶᬕᭂᬮ᭄

Basque

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps related to igeri (“swimming”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡel/ [i.ɣ̞el]

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• Rhymes: -iɡel, -el
• Hyphenation: i‧gel

Noun

igel anim

1. frog

Declension

Declension of igel (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	igel	igela	igelak
ergative	igelek	igelak	igelek
dative	igeli	igelari	igelei
genitive	igelen	igelaren	igelen
comitative	igelekin	igelarekin	igelekin
causative	igelengatik	igelarengatik	igelengatik
benefactive	igelentzat	igelarentzat	igelentzat
instrumental	igelez	igelaz	igelez
inessive	igelengan	igelarengan	igelengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	igelengana	igelarengana	igelengana
terminative	igelenganaino	igelarenganaino	igelenganaino
directive	igelenganantz	igelarenganantz	igelenganantz
destinative	igelenganako	igelarenganako	igelenganako
ablative	igelengandik	igelarengandik	igelengandik
partitive	igelik	—	—
prolative	igeltzat	—	—

Derived terms

• baso-igel gorri (“European common frog”)
• baso-igel iberiar (“Iberian frog”)
• baso-igel jauzkari (“agile frog”)
• igebelar (“water lily”)
• igel-hankak (“frog legs”)
• sasi-igel (“tree frog”)
• ur-igel (“marsh frog”)
• zuhaitz-igel (“tree frog”)

Further reading

• “igel”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “igel”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Betawi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡəl/
• Rhymes: -əl
• Hyphenation: i‧gel

Etymology 1

• Borrowed from Balinese ᬳᬶᬕᭂᬮ᭄ (igel, “dance”).
• Borrowed from Sundanese igel (“the strutting of a peacock, dance”).

Noun

igel

2. dance (especially a wiggling movement)

   Synonyms: belènggo, ibing, jogèt, tandak

4. strutting of a peacock

Derived terms

• diigelin
• igel-igelan
• ngigel
• ngigelin

Etymology 2

Borrowed from (Hadhrami) Yemeni Arabic عِقَال (igāl, “agal”).

Noun

igel

1. agal (a headband fastened around a keffiyeh, worn by the Arabs)

Further reading

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976] “igel”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Masup Jakarta

Anagrams

• geli

Slovene

Noun

igel

1. genitive dual/plural of ȋgla

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish igil, from Old Norse *igla, from Proto-Germanic *egalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis (“snake”). Cognate with Icelandic igla, Danish igle, Norwegian igle and German Egel.

Noun

igel c

1. leech

Declension

Declension of igel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	igel	igels
	definite	igeln	igelns
plural	indefinite	iglar	iglars
	definite	iglarna	iglarnas

Derived terms

• blodigel

Further reading

• igel in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• igel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)