kerbau

Borrowed from Malay kerbau.

kerbau (plural kerbaus)

1. A water buffalo.

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

kerbau

Wikipedia ^id

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.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kərˈbau̯/ [kərˈbau̯]

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• Rhymes: -au̯
• Syllabification: ker‧bau

kêrbau (plural kerbau-kerbau)

1. water buffalo (large ungulate)

   Synonym: benuang

2. (figurative) stupe, stupid person.

• “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 Wikipedia has an article on:

kerbau

Wikipedia ^ms

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.

• IPA^(key): /kərˈbaw/ [kərˈbau̯]
• Rhymes: -ə(r)bau̯, -bau̯, -au̯
• Hyphenation: ker‧bau

kerbau (Jawi spelling کرباو, plural kerbau-kerbau, informal 1st possessive kerbauku, 2nd possessive kerbaumu, 3rd possessive kerbaunya)

1. water buffalo (large ungulate)

   Synonym: benuang

• Indonesian: kerbau

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