กระบือ

Thai

Etymology

From Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ក្របិ (krapi), ក្របី (krapī), or Angkorian Old Khmer ក្របិ (krapi), ក្របី (krapī), ក្របិយ៑ (krapiy), ក្របិយ្យ៑ (krapiyy), ក្របីយ្យ៑ (krapīyy, “water buffalo”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ក្របី (krɑbəy), Malay kerbau, Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Tagalog kalabaw. Doublet of คาราบาว.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กระบือ k r a ɓ ụ̄ ɒ
Phonemic		กฺระ-บือ k ̥ r a – ɓ ụ̄ ɒ
Romanization	Paiboon	grà-bʉʉ
	Royal Institute	kra-bue
(standard) IPA(key)		/kra˨˩.bɯː˧/(R)

Noun

กระบือ • (grà-bʉʉ)

1. (formal for the sense "water buffalo", humorous for the others) Synonym of ควาย (kwaai)

Adjective

กระบือ • (grà-bʉʉ)

1. (humorous) Synonym of ควาย (kwaai)