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carabao

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English

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A carabao

Etymology

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Borrowed fromSpanishcarabao, fromWaray-Waraykarabaw, fromMalaykerbau, fromProto-Malayic*kAr(ə)baw, ultimately fromProto-Mon-Khmer*krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh(“buffalo”). CompareKhmerក្របី(krɑbəy),Halangkơpùa,Indonesiankerbau,Javaneseꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ(kebo),Thaiกระบือ(grà-bʉʉ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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carabao (pluralcarabaos)

  1. Adomesticated subspecies ofwater buffalo,Bubalus bubalis carabanesis.
    • 1999, Neal Stephenson,Cryptonomicon:
      The weakercarabaos are slaughtered for meat, the stronger ones put to work on Golgotha, and the drivers are assimilated into the workforce.
    • 2001, Greg Nickles,Philippines: The Culture,page30:
      Filipinos tell several stories about thecarabao. The Tagalog, who live mainly on Luzon, tell the following story about how thecarabao, one of the largest animals in the country, is tricked by one of the smallest animals, a hummingbird.
    • 2005, Cindy Fazzi,How to Draw the Philippines's Sights and Symbols,page24:
      The Malay people who arrived in the Philippines between 1500 B.C. and 500 B.C. introduced thecarabao as a work animal. Today thecarabao, also known as the water buffalo, is a very important animal in the Philippines.Carabaos are popular farm animals.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Bubalus bubalis carabanesis

See also

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromWaray-Waraykarabaw, fromMalaykerbau, fromProto-Malayic*kAr(ə)baw, ultimately fromAustroasiatic;[1][2][3] compareProto-Mon-Khmer*krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh(“buffalo”), whenceKhmerក្របី(krɑbəy,“water buffalo”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaɾaˈbao/[ka.ɾaˈβ̞a.o]
  • Rhymes:-ao
  • Syllabification:ca‧ra‧ba‧o

Noun

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carabao m (pluralcarabaos,femininecaraballa,feminine pluralcaraballas)

  1. water buffalo

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^Mahdi, Waruno (2009), “Some obscure Austroasiatic borrowings in Indonesian and Old Malay”, in11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Aussois, France, 22–25 June 2009
  2. ^Mahdi, Waruno (1994), “Some Austronesian Maverick Protoforms with Culture-Historical Implications: I”, inOceanic Linguistics, volume33, number 1, page168
  3. ^Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “buffalo: water buffalo, carabao”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI

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