# 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: /buaja/
* (Meester) IPA: /buajɛ/
* Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya

### Noun

buaya
* 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: /buˈʔaja/ [buˈʔa.ja]
* IPA: /ˈbuaja/ [ˈbua.ja] (relaxed pronunciation)

### Noun

buáya (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜌ)
* crocodile; alligator

### Adjective

buáya (intensified buayahon)
* languid; lacking in spirit
    Garo buayahon daw siyaS/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: /bu.a.ja/
* (contraction) IPA: /bwa.ja/, IPA: /bo.ja/

### Noun

buaya
* 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: /buˈʔaja/ [bʊˈʔa.jɐ]

### Noun

buaya
* crocodile
* (by extension) alligator
* leather produced from crocodile skin
* (sports slang, especially basketball) ball hog

### Adjective

buaya
* 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
* crocodile

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbwaja/ [ˈbwɐ.ja]
* Hyphenation: bua‧ya

### Noun

buaya
* crocodile

#### Derived terms

* binubuaya

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [buˈaja]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bu‧a‧ya

### Noun

buaya (plural buaya-buaya)
* crocodile (reptile)
* (figurative, slang) bad guy, scoundrel
    Synonym: penjahat
* (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, 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: /ˈbuaja/ [ˈbuʌ.jʌ]
* Rhymes: -aja
* Syllabification: bua‧ya

### Noun

buaya
* 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: /buaja/
** (Johor-Riau) IPA: [buajə]
* Rhymes: -ja, -a
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

buaya (Jawi spelling بوايا, plural buaya-buaya, informal 1st possessive buayaku, 2nd possessive buayamu, 3rd possessive buayanya)
* A crocodile (reptile).
* (figurative, slang) A playboy, a man that has multiple partners.

#### Derived terms

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 (bha$^7$ gian$^2$)

### 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: /buˈʔaja/ [bʊˈʔaː.jɐ], /buˈaja/ [ˈbwaː.jɐ]
* Rhymes: -aja
* Syllabification: bu‧a‧ya

### Noun

buaya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜌ)
* Obsolete form of buwaya (“crocodile”).

### Anagrams

* ubaya

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

buaya (Sulat Sūg spelling بُؤَيَ)
* crocodile

## Yoruba
### Etymology

From Hausa bùwāyā̀.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bù.á.jà/

### Verb

bùáyà
* 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