buaya

Cebuano

Etymology

From Malay buaya, from Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya

Noun

buaya

  1. a crocodile
  2. (by extension) an alligator
  3. a leather produced from crocodile skin
  4. (sports, especially basketball) a ball hog

Adjective

buaya

  1. characteristic of a ball hog

Derived terms

Quotations

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay buaya, from Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

Noun

buaya (plural buaya-buaya, first-person possessive buayaku, second-person possessive buayamu, third-person possessive buayanya)

  1. crocodile (reptile)
  2. (slang) playboy, womanizer

Maguindanao

Noun

buaya

  1. crocodile

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

Pronunciation

Noun

buaya (Jawi spelling بوايا, plural buaya-buaya, informal first-person possessive buayaku, informal second-person possessive buayamu, third-person possessive buayanya)

  1. crocodile (reptile)
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