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Pronunciation / Transliteration: a-ʒi-tar
"O vento começou a agitar a água."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To stir up water into a rough, choppy, or muddy condition.
"The strong wind began to jabble the surface of the small loch."
- 1
A choppy, disturbed state of water, or confused, noisy speech.
"The boat struggled against the sudden jabble in the channel."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English origins, likely of imitative or frequentative Scandinavian extraction related to the dialectal verb 'jab', meaning to jabber or agitate. Historically used in Scottish and northern English dialects to describe choppy water or confused, noisy chatter.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Jabble" is said worldwide
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agiter
Transliteration: a-ʒi-te
"Le vent a commencé à agiter l'eau du lac."
aufwühlen
Transliteration: auf-wüh-len
"Der Wind begann das Wasser aufzuwühlen."
agitare
Transliteration: a-ʒi-ta-re
"Il vento ha iniziato ad agitare l'acqua."
agitar
Transliteration: a-xi-tar
"El viento comenzó a agitar el agua del lago."
agitar
Transliteration: a-ʒi-tar
"O vento começou a agitar a água."
मथना
Transliteration: mathna
"तेज़ हवा ने पानी को मथना शुरू कर दिया।"
搅动
Transliteration: jiǎo dòng
"强风开始搅动湖水。"
휘젓다
Transliteration: hwijeotda
"강한 바람이 물결을 휘젓기 시작했다."
かき乱す
Transliteration: kaki midasu
"強い風が水をかき乱し始めた。"
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