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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English buffalo, from Portuguese or Spanish búfalo (“buffalo”), from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”). Doublet of bubalo.
Pronunciation
Noun
búpaló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜉᜎᜓ)
- buffalo
See also
Further reading
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 201