buwaya

== Ilocano == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buˈwaja/ [buˈwa.ja] Hyphenation: bu‧wa‧ya === Noun === buáya (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜌ) alternative form of buaya == Limos Kalinga == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buqaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya. === Noun === buwaya crocodile == Lubuagan Kalinga == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buqaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya. === Noun === buwaya crocodile == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === buaya buhaya bwaya === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya. Compare Malay buaya, and Eastern Bontoc fowaya. Senses of “corrupt police officer; greedy and corrupt, etc.”, from the 1970s and 1980s, are an allusion to the brown color of the Philippine Constabulary (PC) uniform. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈaja/ [ˈbwaː.jɐ] Rhymes: -aja Syllabification: bu‧wa‧ya === Noun === buwaya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜌ) crocodile; caiman Synonyms: krokodilo, kayman (by extension) alligator (slang) corrupt police officer (figuratively) greedy or corrupt person (especially a politician or a public official) (sports, chiefly basketball) ball hog (player who keeps the ball to themselves, rather than passing it) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Adjective === buwaya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜌ) (figurative) greedy; avaricious; rapacious Synonyms: ganid, suwapang, masakim, makamkam, imot, abaro corrupt Synonyms: korap, korupto, kurakot, tiwali buwayang pulis ― corrupt policeman tricky Synonyms: suwitik, magdaraya, manlilinlang, engganyoso === Further reading === “buwaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Rosario Torres-Yu, Lilia F. Antonio, Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin (1999), Talinghagang Bukambibig, National Bookstore, →ISBN Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buqaya”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI