The farmer in the Philippines relies on his carabao to plow the rice fields.
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Carabao
//kæɹəˈbeɪəʊ//
Synonyms for "carabao" (33 found)
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28 translations across 20 languages.
Berik
2 entries- damulag noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
- karabaw noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Bikol Central
2 entries- damulag noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
- karabaw noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Cebuano
1 entries- kabaw noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Chamorro
1 entries- cårabao noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Dupaningan Agta
3 entries- galambud noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
- galampes noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
- makadaklan noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- karabaw noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Ibaloi
1 entries- nuwang noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Ilocano
1 entries- nuang noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Indonesian
1 entries- kerbau noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Ivatan
1 entries- pagad noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Kankanaey
1 entries- nuwang noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Kapampangan
1 entries- damulag noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Kayapa Kallahan
1 entries- nuwang noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Limos Kalinga
1 entries- luwang noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Malay
2 entries- benuang noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
- kerbau noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Polish
1 entries- carabao noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Portuguese
1 entries- carabau noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Spanish
1 entries- carabao noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Tagalog
4 entries- anuwang noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
- anwang noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
- kalabaw noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
- nuwang noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- karabaw noun (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis)
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The weaker carabaos are slaughtered for meat, the stronger ones put to work on Golgotha, and the drivers are assimilated into the workforce.
Source: wiktionary
Filipinos tell several stories about the carabao. The Tagalog, who live mainly on Luzon, tell the following story about how the carabao, one of the largest animals in the country, is tricked by one of the smallest animals, a hummingbird.
Source: wiktionary
The Malay people who arrived in the Philippines between 1500 B.C. and 500 B.C. introduced the carabao as a work animal. Today the carabao, also known as the water buffalo, is a very important animal in the Philippines. Carabaos are popular farm animals.
Source: wiktionary
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