buaya

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buqaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

• Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya
• IPA^(key): /buˈʔaja/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbuaja/ (relaxed pronunciation)

buaya

1. crocodile; alligator

buaya

1. languid; lacking in spirit

From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya (compare Malay buaya).

• IPA^(key): /bu.a.ja/
• (contraction) IPA^(key): /bwa.ja/, IPA^(key): /bo.ja/

buaya

1. crocodile (reptile)

• buaya darat

From Malay buaya, from Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

• Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya
• IPA^(key): /buˈʔaja/, [bʊˈʔa.jʌ]

buaya

1. crocodile
2. (by extension) alligator
3. leather produced from crocodile skin
4. (sports slang, especially basketball) ball hog

buaya

1. characteristic of a ball hog

For quotations using this term, see Citations:buaya.

Borrowed from Hiligaynon buaya.

buaya

1. crocodile

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

• Hyphenation: bua‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈbwaja/, [ˈbwɐ.ja]

buaya

1. crocodile

From Malay buaya, from Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

• IPA^(key): [buˈaja]
• Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya

buaya (first-person possessive buayaku, second-person possessive buayamu, third-person possessive buayanya)

1. crocodile (reptile)
2. (figurative, slang) ellipsis of buaya darat (“playboy, womanizer”).

• “buaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

buaya

1. crocodile

From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /buajə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /buaja/
• Rhymes: -ajə, -jə, -ə

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• Rhymes: -a

buaya (Jawi spelling بوايا‎, plural buaya-buaya, informal 1st possessive buayaku, 2nd possessive buayamu, 3rd possessive buayanya)

1. crocodile (reptile)

• Indonesian: buaya
• → Min Nan: 末仔, 峇囝 (bôa-iá; bā-kiáⁿ)

• “buaya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya
• IPA^(key): /buˈaja/, [ˈbwa.jɐ]

buaya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜌ)

1. Obsolete spelling of buwaya (“crocodile”)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

buaya

1. crocodile

From Hausa bùwāyā̀.

• IPA^(key): /bù.á.jà/

bùáyà

1. to be large, to be expensive, (in degree or quantity)

   Synonym: tóbi

   owóo rẹ̀ẹ́ bùáyà ― He has a large amount of money

• ìbùáyà
• abùáyà