kerbau

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Etymology

From Malay kerbau, from Proto-Malayic *kAr(ə)baw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian , ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”). Cognate with Khmer ក្របី (krɑbəy, “water buffalo”), Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Tagalog kalabaw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kərbau̯/
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  • Hyphenation: kêr‧bau
  • Rhymes: -ərbau̯, -bau̯, -au̯

Noun

kêrbau (plural kerbau-kerbau, first-person possessive kerbauku, second-person possessive kerbaumu, third-person possessive kerbaunya)

  1. water buffalo (large ungulate)
    Synonym: benuang
  2. (figurative) stupe, stupid person.

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kAr(ə)baw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian , ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”).[1] Cognate with Khmer ក្របី (krɑbəy, “water buffalo”), Halang kơpùa, Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ), Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Tagalog kalabaw.

Pronunciation

Noun

kerbau (Jawi spelling کرباو, plural kerbau-kerbau, informal 1st possessive kerbauku, 2nd possessive kerbaumu, 3rd possessive kerbaunya)

  1. water buffalo (large ungulate)
    Synonym: benuang

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kerbau

References

  1. ^ Mahdi, Waruno. (1994), “Some Austronesian Maverick Protoforms with Culture-Historical Implications: I”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 33, issue 1), page 168

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