kerbau

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kerbau.

Noun

kerbau (plural kerbaus)

1. A water buffalo.

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]

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• Rhymes: -au̯
• Syllabification: ker‧bau

Noun

kêrbau (plural kerbau-kerbau)

1. water buffalo (large ungulate)

   Synonym: benuang

2. (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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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”). Cognate with Khmer ក្របី (krɑbəy, “water buffalo”), Halang kơpùa, Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ), Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Tagalog kalabaw.

Pronunciation

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /kərˈbaw/ [kərˈbau̯]
• Rhymes: -au̯
• Hyphenation: ker‧bau

Noun

kerbau (Jawi spelling کرباو, plural kerbau-kerbau or kerbau²)

1. water buffalo (large ungulate)

   Synonym: benuang

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berkerbau [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: kerbau (inherited)

Further reading

• “kerbau”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017