There are several etymology of the term Minangkabau. While the word "kabau" is undisputedly translates to "Water Buffallo", the word "minang" is traditionally known as a fruit that people usually chew along the 'Sirih' leaves. But there is also a folklore that mention that term Minangkabau (Minangkabau: "Minang" Jawi script: مينڠ) came from a popular legend that was derived from a territorial dispute between a people and a prince from a neighbouring region. To avoid a battle, the local people proposed a fight to the death between two water buffalo ("kabau") to settle the dispute. The prince agreed and produced the largest, meanest, most aggressive buffalo. The villagers on other hand produced a hungry baby calf with its small horns ground to be as sharp as knives. Seeing the adult buffalo across the field, the calf ran forward, hoping for milk. The big buffalo saw no threat in the baby buffalo and paid no attention to it, looking around for a worthy opponent. But when the baby thrust his head under the big bull's belly, looking for an udder, the sharpened horns punctured and killed the bull giving the villagers their victory ("manang", hence "manang kabau": "victors of the buffalo" which eventually became "Minangkabau"). That legend, however, is known to be a mere tale and that the word "minang" is too far from the word "manang" which means 'win'.