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