Urak Lawoi'
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Etymology
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Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaway (“tentacles of octopus, squid, jellyfish, etc.”) with a fossilized infix.
Pronunciation
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กราวัย (kraway)
- octopus
Further reading
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- Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 128