(Manglish, Singlish) To keep watch, to watch over.
I better go to Ma’s place. You jaga the girls.
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(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.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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