bupalo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English buffalo, from Portuguese or Spanish búfalo (“buffalo”), from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”). Doublet of bubalo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbupalo/ [ˌbuː.pɐˈlo]
• Rhymes: -upalo
• Syllabification: bu‧pa‧lo

Noun

búpaló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜉᜎᜓ)

1. buffalo

See also

• kalabaw

 

Further reading

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 201