buaya
Betawi edit
Alternative forms edit
- buayè (Meester dialect)
Etymology edit
Malay buaya, from Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buaya
Synonyms edit
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buqaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya
- IPA(key): /buˈʔaja/, [buˈʔa.ja]
- IPA(key): /ˈbuaja/, [ˈbua.ja] (relaxed pronunciation)
Noun edit
buáya (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜌ)
Adjective edit
buáya (intensified buayahon)
Brunei Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya (compare Malay buaya).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buaya
- crocodile (reptile)
Derived terms edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Malay buaya, from Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buaya
- crocodile
- (by extension) alligator
- leather produced from crocodile skin
- (sports slang, especially basketball) ball hog
Adjective edit
buaya
- characteristic of a ball hog
Derived terms edit
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:buaya.
Chavacano edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hiligaynon buaya.
Noun edit
buaya
Ilocano edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buaya
Derived terms edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay buaya, from Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buaya (first-person possessive buayaku, second-person possessive buayamu, third-person possessive buayanya)
- crocodile (reptile)
- (figurative, slang) bad guy, scoundrel
- Synonym: penjahat
- (figurative, slang) ellipsis of buaya darat (“playboy, womanizer”).
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “buaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Maguindanao edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buaya
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.
The sense of "playboy" is from a clipping of buaya darat.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buaya (Jawi spelling بوايا, plural buaya-buaya, informal 1st possessive buayaku, 2nd possessive buayamu, 3rd possessive buayanya)
- A crocodile (reptile).
- (figurative, slang) A playboy, a man that has multiple partners.
Derived terms edit
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “buaya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*buqaya”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buaya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜌ)
Tausug edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.
Noun edit
buaya
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bùáyà
- to be large, to be expensive, (in degree or quantity)
- Synonym: tóbi
- owóo rẹ̀ẹ́ bùáyà ― He has a large amount of money