kabaw
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Cebuano
Etymology
From earlier kalabaw, with dropping of /l/ when surrounded by identical vowels in Boholano and Leyte dialects, borrowed from Waray-Waray karabaw, from Malay kerbau, from Proto-Malayic *kAr(ə)baw, ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”). Compare Bikol Central karabaw, Hiligaynon karabaw, Tagalog kalabaw, Tausug kabaw, Waray-Waray karabaw, Khmer ក្របី (krɑbəy), Halang kơpùa, Indonesian kerbau, Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ).
Pronunciation
Noun
kabaw
- water buffalo; carabao
- large person or animal
- (colloquial) neckerchief slide of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:kabaw.
Derived terms
Eastern Cham
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Malay kerbau, Khmer ក្របី (krɑbəy), Halang kơpùa, Indonesian kerbau, Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ), Cebuano kabaw, Tausug kabaw, Tagalog kalabaw, Hiligaynon karabaw, Waray-Waray karabaw, Maguindanao karabaw.
Pronunciation
Noun
kabaw
Karao
Adjective
kabaw