noun, masculine/kaɾaˈbao/plural: carabaos
water buffalo
Borrowed from Waray-Waray karabaw, from Malay kerbau, from Proto-Malayic *kAr(ə)baw, ultimately from Austroasiatic; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”), whence Khmer ក្របី (krɑɑbəy, “water buffalo”).