badak air

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Compound of badak (rhinoceros) +‎ air (water), inherited from Malay badak air. Probably related to the idea of Hebrew בהמות (behemót, behemoth) which suggested by some modern scholar as loanword of an unattested word

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(*pꜣ-jḥ-mw, hippopotamus, literally the ox of the water) and the later Coptic descendants ⲉϩⲉⲙⲟⲟⲩ (pehemoou) via Old Javanese wadak (wild buffalo).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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badak air (plural badak-badak air, first-person possessive badak airku, second-person possessive badak airmu, third-person possessive badak airnya)

  1. (zoology) hippopotamus
    Synonym: kuda nil

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Malay

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Etymology

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From badak (rhinoceros) +‎ air (water).

Noun

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badak air (Jawi spelling بادق اءير, plural badak-badak air, informal 1st possessive badak airku, 2nd possessive badak airmu, 3rd possessive badak airnya)

  1. hippopotamus

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