benuang

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hanuaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanuaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNuaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈnuaŋ/ [bəˈnu.aŋ]
  • IPA(key): /bəˈnwaŋ/ [bəˈnwaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -uaŋ, -waŋ, -aŋ
  • Hyphenation: be‧nu‧ang

Noun

benuang (Jawi spelling بنواڠ, plural benuang-benuang)

  1. water buffalo, carabao
    Synonym: kerbau

Further reading

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