buaya

• buayè (Meester dialect)

Malay buaya, from Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

• (literary) IPA^(key): /buaja/
• (Meester) IPA^(key): /buajɛ/
• Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya

buaya

1. crocodile

• bajul

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buqaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

• Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya
• IPA^(key): /buˈʔaja/ [buˈʔa.ja]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbuaja/ [ˈbua.ja] (relaxed pronunciation)

buáya (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜌ)

1. crocodile; alligator

buáya (intensified buayahon)

1. languid; lacking in spirit

   Garo buayahon daw siya

   S/He seems very languid, S/He seems to be lacking very well in spirit.

From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya (compare Malay buaya).

• IPA^(key): /bu.a.ja/
• (contraction) IPA^(key): /bwa.ja/, IPA^(key): /bo.ja/

buaya

1. crocodile (reptile)

• buaya darat

From Malay buaya, from Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

• Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya
• IPA^(key): /buˈʔaja/ [bʊˈʔa.jɐ]

buaya

1. crocodile
2. (by extension) alligator
3. leather produced from crocodile skin
4. (sports slang, especially basketball) ball hog

buaya

1. characteristic of a ball hog

For quotations using this term, see Citations:buaya.

Borrowed from Hiligaynon buaya.

buaya

1. crocodile

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwaja/ [ˈbwɐ.ja]
• Hyphenation: bua‧ya

buaya

1. crocodile

From Malay buaya, from Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /buˈaja/ [buˈa.ja]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: bu‧a‧ya

buaya (plural buaya-buaya)

1. crocodile (reptile)
2. (figurative, slang) bad guy, scoundrel

   Synonym: penjahat

3. (figurative, slang) ellipsis of buaya darat (“playboy, womanizer”)

• “buaya” 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.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /ˈbuaja/ [ˈbuʌ.jʌ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: bua‧ya

buaya

1. crocodile

From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

The sense of "playboy" is from a clipping of buaya darat.

• IPA^(key): /buaja/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [buajə]
• Rhymes: -ja, -a

• Audio:

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buaya (Jawi spelling بوايا, plural buaya-buaya)

1. A crocodile (reptile).
2. (figurative, slang) A playboy, a man that has multiple partners.

• Indonesian: buaya
• → Hokkien: 峇仔 / 磨仔 / 末仔 / 磨野 / 磨頁 ／ 磨页 (bôa-iá / bôa-á / boah-á / boa̍h-á / ba̍h-á)
• → Teochew: 峇囝 / 䰾仔 / 鲃仔 (bha⁷ gian²)

• “buaya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buqaya”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈʔaja/ [bʊˈʔaː.jɐ], /buˈaja/ [ˈbwaː.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: bu‧a‧ya

buaya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜌ)

1. obsolete form of buwaya (“crocodile”)

• ubaya

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /buʔaja/ [bʊ.ʔɑˈja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: bu‧a‧ya

buaya (Sulat Sūg spelling بُؤَيَ)

1. crocodile

From Hausa bùwāyā̀.

• IPA^(key): /bù.á.jà/

bùáyà

1. to be large, to be expensive, (in degree or quantity)

   Synonym: tóbi

   owóo rẹ̀ẹ́ bùáyà ― He has a large amount of money

• ìbùáyà
• abùáyà