buaya

Betawi

Alternative forms

• buayè (Meester dialect)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (literary) IPA^(key): /bu.aˈja/
• (Meester) IPA^(key): /bu.aˈjɛ/
• Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya

Noun

buaya

1. crocodile

Synonyms

• bajul

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buqaya, 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.

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 Malay buaya, from Proto-Malayic *buhaya, 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

Derived terms

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

 

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:buaya.

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hiligaynon buaya.

Noun

buaya

1. crocodile

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

• IPA^(key): [buˈaja]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya

Noun

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

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

   Synonym: penjahat

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

Derived terms

• membuaya
• membuayai

 

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

 

Further reading

• “buaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwaja/, [ˈbwa.ja]

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/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [buajə]
• Rhymes: -ja, -a

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

buaya (Jawi spelling بوايا, plural buaya-buaya, informal 1st possessive buayaku, 2nd possessive buayamu, 3rd possessive buayanya)

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
• → Min Nan: 末仔, 峇囝 (bôa-iá; bā-kiáⁿ)

Further reading

• “buaya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• 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.

Noun

buaya

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