See buwaya in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*buqaya"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*buqaya"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *buqaya",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "buaya"
},
"expansion": "Malay buaya",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ebk",
"2": "fowaya"
},
"expansion": "Eastern Bontoc fowaya",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "corrupt police officer; greedy and corrupt, etc."
},
"expansion": "“corrupt police officer; greedy and corrupt, etc.”",
"name": "m-g"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya. Compare Malay buaya, and Eastern Bontoc fowaya.\nSenses of “corrupt police officer; greedy and corrupt, etc.”, from the 1970s and 1980s, are an allusion to the brown color of the Philippine Constabulary (PC) uniform.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ᜊᜓᜏᜌ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "buwaya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜌ)",
"name": "tl-adj"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "figurative"
},
"expansion": "(figurative)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"bu‧wa‧ya"
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"greedy; avaricious; rapacious"
],
"links": [
[
"greedy",
"greedy"
],
[
"avaricious",
"avaricious"
],
[
"rapacious",
"rapacious"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ganid"
},
{
"word": "suwapang"
},
{
"word": "masakim"
},
{
"word": "makamkam"
},
{
"word": "imot"
},
{
"word": "abaro"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Tagalog terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "corrupt policeman",
"text": "buwayang pulis",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"corrupt"
],
"links": [
[
"corrupt",
"corrupt"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "korap"
},
{
"word": "korupto"
},
{
"word": "kurakot"
},
{
"word": "tiwali"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"tricky"
],
"links": [
[
"tricky",
"tricky"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "suwitik"
},
{
"word": "magdaraya"
},
{
"word": "manlilinlang"
},
{
"word": "engganyoso"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/buˈaja/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbwaː.jɐ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aja"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "buaya"
},
{
"word": "buhaya"
},
{
"word": "bwaya"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Philippine Constabulary",
"tl:buwaya"
],
"word": "buwaya"
}
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