"carabao" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kæɹəˈbeɪəʊ/ Forms: carabaos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish carabao, 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 Khmer ក្របី (krɑɑbəy), Halang kơpùa, Indonesian kerbau, Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|es|carabao|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Spanish carabao, {{bor+|en|es|carabao}} Borrowed from Spanish carabao, {{der|en|war|karabaw}} Waray-Waray karabaw, {{der|en|ms|kerbau}} Malay kerbau, {{der|en|poz-mly-pro|*kAr(ə)baw}} Proto-Malayic *kAr(ə)baw, {{der|en|mkh-pro|*krpiʔ|*krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh|buffalo}} Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”), {{cog|km|ក្របី}} Khmer ក្របី (krɑɑbəy), {{cog|hal|kơpùa}} Halang kơpùa, {{cog|id|kerbau}} Indonesian kerbau, {{cog|jv|ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ}} Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), {{cog|th|กระบือ}} Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} carabao (plural carabaos)
  1. A domesticated subspecies of water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis carabanesis. Categories (lifeform): Bovines Related terms: carabao English, Bubalus bubalis carabanesis Translations (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis): damulag (Berik), karabaw (Berik), damulag (Bikol Central), karabaw (Bikol Central), kabaw (Cebuano), cårabao (Chamorro), makadaklan (Dupaningan Agta), galambud (Dupaningan Agta), galampes (Dupaningan Agta), karabaw (Hiligaynon), nuwang (Ibaloi), nuang (Ilocano), kerbau (Indonesian), pagad (Ivatan), nuwang (Kankanaey), damulag (Kapampangan), nuwang (Kayapa Kallahan), luwang (Limos Kalinga), kerbau (Malay), benuang (Malay), carabau (Portuguese), carabao [masculine] (Spanish), kalabaw (Tagalog), nuwang (Tagalog), anwang (Tagalog), anuwang (Tagalog), karabaw (Waray-Waray)

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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Bubalus bubalis carabanesis",
      "word": "benuang"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Bubalus bubalis carabanesis",
      "word": "carabau"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Bubalus bubalis carabanesis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carabao"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Bubalus bubalis carabanesis",
      "word": "kalabaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Bubalus bubalis carabanesis",
      "word": "nuwang"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Bubalus bubalis carabanesis",
      "word": "anwang"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Bubalus bubalis carabanesis",
      "word": "anuwang"
    },
    {
      "code": "war",
      "lang": "Waray-Waray",
      "sense": "Bubalus bubalis carabanesis",
      "word": "karabaw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carabao"
}

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