ᮘᮚᮝᮊ᮪
Sundanese
editAlternative forms
edit- bayawak — romanization
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak (cf. Malay biawak, Tagalog bayawak, and Javanese ꦩꦼꦚꦮꦏ꧀ (menyawak)).
Pronunciation
editIPA(key): /ba.jaˈwak/, [bɐ.jaˈwak]
Noun
editᮘᮚᮝᮊ᮪ • (bayawak)
- monitor lizard (member of the genus Varanus)
- ᮅᮛᮀ ᮙᮀᮌᮤᮠᮔ᮪ ᮓᮥᮃ ᮘᮚᮝᮊ᮪ ᮓᮤ ᮒᮨᮍᮂ ᮜᮩᮝᮩᮀ.
- Urang manggihan dua bayawak di tengah leuweung.
- I encountered two monitor lizards in the middle of the forest.
Further reading
edit- Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij