buaya

Cebuano

noun
Definitions
  • a crocodile
  • (by extension) an alligator
  • a leather produced from crocodile skin
  • (sports) a ball hog

Etymology

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

Origin

Proto-Austronesian

*buqaya

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