buaya

See also: Buaya and bu-aya

Languages (12)

Betawi • Brunei Malay • Cebuano • Central Bikol • Chavacano • Ilocano • Indonesian • Maguindanao • Malay • Tagalog • Tausug • Yoruba

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Betawi

Alternative forms

• buayè (Meester dialect)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (literary) IPA^(key): /buaja/
• (Meester) IPA^(key): /buajɛ/
• Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya

Noun

buaya

1. crocodile

Synonyms

• bajul

Brunei Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.a.ja/
• (contraction) IPA^(key): /bwa.ja/, IPA^(key): /bo.ja/

Noun

buaya

1. crocodile (reptile)

Derived terms

• buaya darat

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya
• IPA^(key): /buˈʔaja/ [bʊˈʔa.jɐ]

Noun

buaya

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

Adjective

buaya

1. characteristic of a ball hog

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:buaya.

Derived terms

• buayahon
• hunit pa sa panit sa buaya
• sa baba sa buaya

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buqáya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya
• IPA^(key): /buˈʔaja/ [buˈʔa.ja]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbuaja/ [ˈbua.ja] (relaxed pronunciation)

Noun

buáya (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜌ)

1. crocodile; alligator

Adjective

buáya (intensified buayahon)

1. languid; lacking in spirit

   Garo buayahon daw siya

   S/He seems very languid, S/He seems to be lacking very well in spirit.

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hiligaynon buaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buhaja/ [bu.ha.ja]
• Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya

Noun

buaya

1. (Caviteño, Ternateño) crocodile

   Synonym: (Ternateño, Zamboangueño) cayuman

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwaja/ [ˈbwɐ.ja]
• Hyphenation: bua‧ya

Noun

buaya

1. crocodile

Derived terms

• binubuaya

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /buˈaja/ [buˈa.ja]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: bu‧a‧ya

Noun

buaya (plural buaya-buaya)

1. crocodile (reptile)
2. (figurative, slang) bad guy, scoundrel

   Synonym: penjahat

3. (figurative, slang) ellipsis of buaya darat (“playboy, womanizer”)

Derived terms

• membuaya
• membuayai

• air mata buaya
• buaya darat
• buaya jolong-jolong
• buaya katak
• buaya pandan
• buaya pasar
• buaya tembaga

Further reading

• “buaya”, 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

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /ˈbuaja/ [ˈbuʌ.jʌ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: bua‧ya

Noun

buaya

1. crocodile

Malay

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /buaja/
  • (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): [buajə]
• Rhymes: -ja, -a

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

buaya (Jawi spelling بوايا, plural buaya-buaya or buaya²)

1. A crocodile (reptile).
2. (figurative, slang) A playboy, a man that has multiple partners.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• buaya darat

Descendants

• Indonesian: buaya
• → Hokkien: 峇仔 / 磨仔 / 末仔 / 磨野 / 磨頁 / 磨页 (bôa-iá / bôa-á / boah-á / boa̍h-á / ba̍h-á)
• → Teochew: 峇囝 / 䰾仔 / 鲃仔 (bha⁷ gian²)
• → Teochew: 峇囝 (/ba¹¹.kĩã⁵²/)

Further reading

• "buaya" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "buaya" at PRPM first version)
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buqaya”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈʔaja/ [bʊˈʔaː.jɐ], /buˈaja/ [ˈbwaː.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: bu‧a‧ya

Noun

buaya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜌ)

1. obsolete form of buwaya (“crocodile”)

Anagrams

• ubaya

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /buʔaja/ [bʊ.ʔɑˈja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: bu‧a‧ya

Noun

buaya (Sulat Sūg spelling بُؤَيَ)

1. crocodile

Yoruba

Etymology

From Hausa bùwāyā̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bù.á.jà/

Verb

bùáyà

1. to be large, to be expensive, (in degree or quantity)

   Synonym: tóbi

   owóo rẹ̀ẹ́ bùáyà ― He has a large amount of money

Derived terms

• ìbùáyà
• abùáyà