ᮘᮚᮝᮊ᮪

Sundanese

Alternative forms

• bayawak — romanization

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak (cf. Malay biawak, Tagalog bayawak, and Javanese ꦩꦼꦚꦮꦏ꧀ (menyawak)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.jaˈwak/, [bɐ.jaˈwak]

Noun

ᮘᮚᮝᮊ᮪ • (bayawak)

1. 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

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij