kabaw

== 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 Central Bikol karabaw, Hiligaynon karabaw, Tagalog kalabaw, Tausug kābaw, Waray-Waray karabaw, Khmer ក្របី (krɑbəy), Halang kơpùa, Indonesian kerbau, Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkabaw/ [ˈka.bɐʊ̯] Hyphenation: ka‧baw === Noun === kábaw (Badlit spelling ᜃᜊᜏ᜔) 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 === kubaw / ꨆꨭꨝꨥ ꨆꨝꨥ === Etymology === Compare Malay kerbau, Khmer ក្របី (krɑbəy), Halang kơpùa, Indonesian kerbau, Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ), Cebuano kabaw, Tausug kābaw, Tagalog kalabaw, Hiligaynon karabaw, Waray-Waray karabaw, Maguindanao karabaw. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkabaʊ/ === Noun === kabaw water buffalo == Karao == === Adjective === kabaw senile