kerbau
English
Etymology
Noun
kerbau (plural kerbaus)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kerbau, from Proto-Malayic *kər(ə)baw, ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”). Cognate with Khmer ក្របី (krɑbəy, “water buffalo”), Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Tagalog kalabaw.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kərˈbau̯/ [kərˈbau̯]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -au̯
- Syllabification: ker‧bau
Noun
kêrbau (plural kerbau-kerbau)
- water buffalo (large ungulate)
- Synonym: benuang
- (figurative) stupe, stupid person
Derived terms
- kerbau air
- kerbau balar
- kerbau benuang
- kerbau beras
- kerbau jalang
- kerbau melukut
- kerbau pendek
- kerbau perah
- kerbau pudu
- kerbau rawa
- kerbau sambao
- kerbau sungai
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *kər(ə)baw, ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”).[1][2][3] Cognate with Khmer ក្របី (krɑbəy, “water buffalo”), Halang kơpùa, Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ), Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Tagalog kalabaw.
Pronunciation
- (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /kərˈbaw/ [kərˈbau̯]
- Rhymes: -au̯
- Hyphenation: ker‧bau
Noun
kerbau (Jawi spelling کرباو, plural kerbau-kerbau)
- water buffalo (large ungulate)
- Synonym: benuang
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- berkerbau [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: kerbau (inherited)
References
- ^ Mahdi, Waruno (1994) “Some Austronesian Maverick Protoforms with Culture-Historical Implications: I”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 33, number 1, page 168
- ^ Mahdi, Waruno (2009) “Some obscure Austroasiatic borrowings in Indonesian and Old Malay”, in 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Aussois, France, 22–25 June 2009
- ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “buffalo: water buffalo, carabao”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Further reading
- “kerbau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.