กระบือ

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ក្របិ (krapi), ក្របី (krapī), or Angkorian Old Khmer ក្របិ (krapi), ក្របី (krapī), ក្របិយ៑ (krapiy), ក្របិយ្យ៑ (krapiyy), ក្របីយ្យ៑ (krapīyy, water buffalo), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (buffalo). Cognate with Modern Khmer ក្របី (krɑbəy), Malay kerbau, Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Tagalog kalabaw. Doublet of คาราบาว.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicกระบือ
k r a ɓ ụ̄ ɒ
Phonemic
กฺระ-บือ
k ̥ r a – ɓ ụ̄ ɒ
RomanizationPaiboongrà-bʉʉ
Royal Institutekra-bue
(standard) IPA(key)/kra˨˩.bɯː˧/(R)

Noun

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กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ)

  1. (formal for the sense "water buffalo", humorous for the others) Synonym of ควาย (kwaai)

Adjective

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กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ)

  1. (humorous) Synonym of ควาย (kwaai)