English
anoa
Anoa comes from Indonesian anoa.
- Indonesianmodernanoa
- Englishearliest quotation 1998same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
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- Indonesianmodernanoa
- Englishearliest quotation 1998same form
Earliest quotation: 1998, Jane Whitten, Tropical Wildlife of Southeast Asia: “Anoas need undisturbed forest and cannot adapt to logged…”
Every English word from Indonesian anoa
Today it means
noun Either of two related species of small Indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to deer; Bubalus quarlesi or Bubalus depressicornis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Indonesian anoa / anoa