kabuyaw

• cabuyao — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Borrowed from Kapampangan kabuyau (modern kabuyo), from Proto-Philippine *kabuʀaw. Compare Ivatan kavugaw, Ilocano kabugaw / kaburaw, and Cebuano kabugaw. See also Ilocano kamuyaw.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈbujaw/ [kɐˈbuː.jaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -ujaw
• Syllabification: ka‧bu‧yaw
• Homophone: Cabuyao

kabuyaw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜓᜌᜏ᜔)

1. kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix)

   Synonym: kulubot

• Cabuyao

• “kabuyaw”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “kabuyaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 440: “Naranjas) Cabuyao (pp) grandes como las de china, ſon ſilveſtres mas cultibadas en buena tierra ſe hacen buenas”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kabuRaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI