kalabaw

Sakizaya

Noun

kalabaw

  1. vole

Tagakaulu Kalagan

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog kalabaw.

Noun

kalabaw

  1. carabao

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish carabao, from Waray-Waray karabaw[1], from Malay kerbau, from Proto-Malayic *kAr(ə)baw, from East Austroasiatic (Mon-Khmer)[2]. Before the coming of the Spaniards, the native Tagalog term used to refer to the animal is anwang. The word kalabaw itself does not appear in the earliest Tagalog dictionaries.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ka‧la‧baw
  • IPA(key): /kalaˈbaw/, [kɐ.lɐˈbaʊ̯]

Noun

kalabáw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜊᜏ᜔)

  1. carabao; water buffalo (large ungulate)
    Synonyms: damulag, (archaic) anwang
  2. (informal) The neckerchief slide in the Philippine Boy Scout uniform, which is the likeness of the head of a carabao.

Derived terms

References
  1. Roberts, E. A. (2014). A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots. Volume I (A–G). XLibris LLC. p. 311. →ISBN.
  2. Robert Blust; Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎
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