jaga

noun1

1. •
   (Singapore, Malaysia) 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. — 1965

verb1

1. •
   (Singlish) To keep watch, to watch over.

   • […] I better go to Ma’s place. You jaga the girls. — 2014

noun3

1. •
   A member of a Hindu caste-based group of people who were traditionally genealogists.
2. •
   A member of a Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh, India, converts from the Hindu Jaga Bhatt caste.
3. •
   (historical) A member of any of various unrelated tribes of African warriors who attacked the Portuguese around the kingdom of Kongo.