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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Kapampangan kabuyau (modern kabuyo), from Proto-Philippine *kabuʀaw. Compare Ivatan kavugaw, Ilocano kabugaw / kaburaw, and Cebuano kabugaw. See also Ilocano kamuyaw.
Pronunciation
Noun
kabuyaw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜓᜌᜏ᜔)
- kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix)
See also
Further reading
- “kabuyaw” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “kabuyaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 440: “Naranjas) Cabuyao (pp) grandes como las de china, ſon ſilveſtres mas cultibadas en buena tierra ſe hacen buenas”
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kabuRaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI