"karabaw" meaning in Tagalog

See karabaw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kaɾaˈbaw/ [Standard-Tagalog], [k̠ɐ.ɾɐˈbaʊ̯] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: karabáw [canonical], ᜃᜇᜊᜏ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -aw Etymology: Ultimately from Waray-Waray karabaw, from Malay kerbau, from Proto-Malayic *kər(ə)baw, ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”). Compare Asi karabaw, Hiligaynon karabaw, Central Bikol karabaw, Waray-Waray karabaw, Cebuano kabaw, Tausug kābaw, Khmer ក្របី (krɑɑbəy), Halang kơpùa, Indonesian kerbau, Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ). Etymology templates: {{bor|tl|war|karabaw}} Waray-Waray karabaw, {{der|tl|ms|kerbau}} Malay kerbau, {{der|tl|poz-mly-pro|*kər(ə)baw}} Proto-Malayic *kər(ə)baw, {{der|tl|mkh-pro|*krpiʔ|*krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh|buffalo}} Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”), {{cog|bno|karabaw}} Asi karabaw, {{cog|hil|karabaw}} Hiligaynon karabaw, {{cog|bcl|karabaw}} Central Bikol karabaw, {{cog|war|karabaw}} Waray-Waray karabaw, {{cog|ceb|kabaw}} Cebuano kabaw, {{cog|tsg|kābaw}} Tausug kābaw, {{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: {{tl-noun|karabáw|b=+}} karabáw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜊᜏ᜔), {{tlb|tl|dialectal|Marinduque}} (dialectal, Marinduque)
  1. alternative form of kalabaw: carabao; water buffalo (large ungulate) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: kalabaw (extra: carabao; water buffalo (large ungulate))
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "karabaw",
      "karabaw#Waray-Waray"
    ],
    [
      "kerbau",
      "kerbau#Malay"
    ],
    [
      "*kər(ə)baw",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/kər(ə)baw"
    ],
    [
      "*krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/krpiʔ"
    ],
    [
      "karabaw",
      "karabaw#Asi"
    ],
    [
      "karabaw",
      "karabaw#Hiligaynon"
    ],
    [
      "karabaw",
      "karabaw#Central_Bikol"
    ],
    [
      "karabaw",
      "karabaw#Waray-Waray"
    ],
    [
      "kabaw",
      "kabaw#Cebuano"
    ],
    [
      "kābaw",
      "kābaw#Tausug"
    ],
    [
      "ក្របី",
      "ក្របី#Khmer"
    ],
    [
      "kơpùa",
      "kơpùa#Halang"
    ],
    [
      "kerbau",
      "kerbau#Indonesian"
    ],
    [
      "ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ",
      "ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ#Javanese"
    ],
    [
      "กระบือ",
      "กระบือ#Thai"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "war",
        "3": "karabaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Waray-Waray karabaw",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "ms",
        "3": "kerbau"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay kerbau",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "poz-mly-pro",
        "3": "*kər(ə)baw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayic *kər(ə)baw",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "mkh-pro",
        "3": "*krpiʔ",
        "4": "*krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh",
        "5": "buffalo"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bno",
        "2": "karabaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Asi karabaw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hil",
        "2": "karabaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Hiligaynon karabaw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bcl",
        "2": "karabaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Bikol karabaw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "war",
        "2": "karabaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Waray-Waray karabaw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ceb",
        "2": "kabaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Cebuano kabaw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tsg",
        "2": "kābaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Tausug kābaw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "ក្របី"
      },
      "expansion": "Khmer ក្របី (krɑɑbəy)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hal",
        "2": "kơpùa"
      },
      "expansion": "Halang kơpùa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "id",
        "2": "kerbau"
      },
      "expansion": "Indonesian kerbau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jv",
        "2": "ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ"
      },
      "expansion": "Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "กระบือ"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Waray-Waray karabaw, from Malay kerbau, from Proto-Malayic *kər(ə)baw, ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”). Compare Asi karabaw, Hiligaynon karabaw, Central Bikol karabaw, Waray-Waray karabaw, Cebuano kabaw, Tausug kābaw, Khmer ក្របី (krɑɑbəy), Halang kơpùa, Indonesian kerbau, Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "karabáw",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜃᜇᜊᜏ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "karabáw",
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "karabáw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜊᜏ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "dialectal",
        "3": "Marinduque"
      },
      "expansion": "(dialectal, Marinduque)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ka‧ra‧baw"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ka‧ra‧baw"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "carabao; water buffalo (large ungulate)",
          "word": "kalabaw"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Marinduque Tagalog",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of kalabaw: carabao; water buffalo (large ungulate)"
      ],
      "id": "en-karabaw-tl-noun-rycHjxVH",
      "links": [
        [
          "kalabaw",
          "kalabaw#Tagalog"
        ],
        [
          "carabao",
          "carabao"
        ],
        [
          "water buffalo",
          "water buffalo"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɾaˈbaw/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[k̠ɐ.ɾɐˈbaʊ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "karabaw"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "karabaw",
      "karabaw#Waray-Waray"
    ],
    [
      "kerbau",
      "kerbau#Malay"
    ],
    [
      "*kər(ə)baw",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/kər(ə)baw"
    ],
    [
      "*krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/krpiʔ"
    ],
    [
      "karabaw",
      "karabaw#Asi"
    ],
    [
      "karabaw",
      "karabaw#Hiligaynon"
    ],
    [
      "karabaw",
      "karabaw#Central_Bikol"
    ],
    [
      "karabaw",
      "karabaw#Waray-Waray"
    ],
    [
      "kabaw",
      "kabaw#Cebuano"
    ],
    [
      "kābaw",
      "kābaw#Tausug"
    ],
    [
      "ក្របី",
      "ក្របី#Khmer"
    ],
    [
      "kơpùa",
      "kơpùa#Halang"
    ],
    [
      "kerbau",
      "kerbau#Indonesian"
    ],
    [
      "ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ",
      "ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ#Javanese"
    ],
    [
      "กระบือ",
      "กระบือ#Thai"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "war",
        "3": "karabaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Waray-Waray karabaw",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "ms",
        "3": "kerbau"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay kerbau",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "poz-mly-pro",
        "3": "*kər(ə)baw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayic *kər(ə)baw",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "mkh-pro",
        "3": "*krpiʔ",
        "4": "*krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh",
        "5": "buffalo"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bno",
        "2": "karabaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Asi karabaw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hil",
        "2": "karabaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Hiligaynon karabaw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bcl",
        "2": "karabaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Bikol karabaw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "war",
        "2": "karabaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Waray-Waray karabaw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ceb",
        "2": "kabaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Cebuano kabaw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tsg",
        "2": "kābaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Tausug kābaw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "ក្របី"
      },
      "expansion": "Khmer ក្របី (krɑɑbəy)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hal",
        "2": "kơpùa"
      },
      "expansion": "Halang kơpùa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "id",
        "2": "kerbau"
      },
      "expansion": "Indonesian kerbau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jv",
        "2": "ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ"
      },
      "expansion": "Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "กระบือ"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Waray-Waray karabaw, from Malay kerbau, from Proto-Malayic *kər(ə)baw, ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”). Compare Asi karabaw, Hiligaynon karabaw, Central Bikol karabaw, Waray-Waray karabaw, Cebuano kabaw, Tausug kābaw, Khmer ក្របី (krɑɑbəy), Halang kơpùa, Indonesian kerbau, Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "karabáw",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜃᜇᜊᜏ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "karabáw",
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "karabáw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜊᜏ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "dialectal",
        "3": "Marinduque"
      },
      "expansion": "(dialectal, Marinduque)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ka‧ra‧baw"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ka‧ra‧baw"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "carabao; water buffalo (large ungulate)",
          "word": "kalabaw"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Marinduque Tagalog",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/aw",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/aw/3 syllables",
        "Tagalog 3-syllable words",
        "Tagalog dialectal terms",
        "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tagalog lemmas",
        "Tagalog nouns",
        "Tagalog terms borrowed from Waray-Waray",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Malay",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayic",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Waray-Waray",
        "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
        "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of kalabaw: carabao; water buffalo (large ungulate)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kalabaw",
          "kalabaw#Tagalog"
        ],
        [
          "carabao",
          "carabao"
        ],
        [
          "water buffalo",
          "water buffalo"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɾaˈbaw/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[k̠ɐ.ɾɐˈbaʊ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "karabaw"
}

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