kerbau
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kerbau, from Proto-Malayic *kAr(ə)baw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], 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/
- Hyphenation: kêr‧bau
- Rhymes: -ərbau̯, -bau̯, -au̯
Noun
kêrbau (plural kerbau-kerbau, first-person possessive kerbauku, second-person possessive kerbaumu, third-person possessive kerbaunya)
- water buffalo (large ungulate)
- Synonym: benuang
- (figurative) stupe, stupid person.
Derived terms
- kerbau air
- kerbau balar
- kerbau benuang
- kerbau beras
- kerbau jalang
- kerbau melukut
- kerbau pendek
- kerbau perah
- kerbau pudu
- kerbau rawa
- kerbau sambao
- kerbau sungai
Further reading
- “kerbau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *kAr(ə)baw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], 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
- IPA(key): /kə(r)bau̯/
- Rhymes: -ə(r)bau̯, -bau̯, -au̯
Noun
kerbau (Jawi spelling کرباو, plural kerbau-kerbau, informal 1st possessive kerbauku, 2nd possessive kerbaumu, 3rd possessive kerbaunya)
- water buffalo (large ungulate)
- Synonym: benuang
Descendants
- Indonesian: kerbau
References
- Mahdi, Waruno. (1994), “Some Austronesian Maverick Protoforms with Culture-Historical Implications: I”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 33, issue 1), page 168
Further reading
- “kerbau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.