From en.wiktionary.org:
[jeeļ]
** English
*** Etymology 1
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] .
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1820 | author=Walter Hamilton | title=A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Description of Hindostan and the Adjacent Countries | volume=1 | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wl4OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA246&dq=%22jeel%22%7C%22jeels%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ORu8Uo69HcTvlAXwjYGYDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22jeel%22%7C%22jeels%22&f=false | page=246
|passage=The pieces of stagnant water may be divided into JEELS which contain
water throughout the year, and chaongre which dry up in the cold season.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1827 | author=East India Company | title=Journey across the Arracan Mountains: The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany | volume=23 | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NqdAAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA16&dq=%22jeel%22%7C%22jeels%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ORu8Uo69HcTvlAXwjYGYDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22jeel%22%7C%22jeels%22&f=false | page=16
|passage=On the banks of this JEEL the party encamped, about two miles from
the village.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1827 | title=The Burmese War: Operations on the Sihet Frontier, 1824: The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies | volume=24 | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7CYYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA551&dq=%22jeel%22%7C%22jeels%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ORu8Uo69HcTvlAXwjYGYDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22jeel%22%7C%22jeels%22&f=false | page=551
|passage=The reports of some hircarrahs having induced a belief that a short
passage might be discovered across the JEELS from the Gogra towards Tilyn,
Lieut. Fisher, of the Quarter-Master General's department, was despatched to
reconnoitre the outlets from that river, accompanied by Lieut. Craigie and
five sipahees, in two dingees.}}
1. * [en]
*** Etymology 2
From [en], [gv] ("damage"), cognate to [ga].
**** Noun
[?]
1. [en] Damage ; harm .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1889 | author=Thomas Edward Brown | title=The Manx Witch: And Other Poems | page=79
|passage=And the gel, you know, as freckened as freckened,<br>Because of
coorse she navar reckoned<br>But Misthriss Banks could do the JEEL
<sup>1</sup><br>She was braggin she could, and she'd take and kneel<br>On her
bended knees, and she'd cuss — the baste !<br>[...]<br><sup>1</sup> Damage.}}
1. * 1908 , Cushag ( [Josephine Kermode] ), _Eunys, Or the Dalby Maid_ , page 16:
2. *: An' first an' last upon the flure, an' spinnin' at the wheel,
3. *: But that strange silence on her still of what had done the JEEL .
4. * 1924 , Sophia Morrison, Edmund Goodwin, _A vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx dialect_ ,
5. *: page 73, entry "Govvag":
6. *:: The JEEL (damage) the govags is doin to the nets is urrov all marcy.
7. *: page 188, entry "Traa-dy-liooar":
8. *:: An' the wan (one) that's doin all the JEEL (damage) is wickad Traa-dy-liooar (Time-enough). (Cushag.)
**** Further reading
- [R:Century 1914]
** Saterland Frisian
*** Etymology
[stq] From [stq], from [stq]. Cognates include [de] and [fy].
*** Pronunciation
- [stq]
- [stq]
- [stq]
*** Adjective
[i=jele]
1. yellow
*** References
- [R:stq:SW]
[stq]