Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaway (“tentacles of octopus, squid, jellyfish, etc.”) with a fossilized infix.
กราวัย (kraway)
- octopus
- 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