kalabaw

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.la.ˈbaw/, [ka.la.ˈbaw]

Noun

kalabaw

1. vole

Tagakaulu Kalagan

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog kalabaw.

Noun

kalabaw

1. carabao

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• karabaw — Marinduque

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”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ក្របី (krɑbəy), Halang kơpùa, Malay kerbau, Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Tausug kābaw, and Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ). Before the coming of the Spaniards, the native Tagalog term used to refer to the animal is anwang. The word kalabaw itself does not appear in the earliest Tagalog dictionaries.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kalaˈbaw/ [kɐ.lɐˈbaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: ka‧la‧baw

Noun

kalabáw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜊᜏ᜔)

1. carabao; water buffalo (large ungulate)

   Synonyms: damulag, (archaic) anwang

2. carabeef
3. (colloquial) neckerchief slide in the Philippine Boy Scout uniform, which is the likeness of the head of a carabao

Derived terms

• balat-kalabaw
• kayod-kalabaw
• kinalabaw
• manggang kalabaw
• pakong-kalabaw

 

See also

• kalakian
• kubaw
• malatandok
• malatundok
• panleeg
• pinak
• pugik
• sikwat
• unga

 

Adjective

kalabáw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜊᜏ᜔)

1. (figurative, colloquial) lazy

   Synonym: tamad

Further reading

• “kalabaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• bakalaw