bayawak
Chavacano edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Tagalog bayawak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bayáwak
Ilocano edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *bayawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bayawak (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜌᜏᜃ᜔)
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *bayawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak (cf. Ilocano bayawak (“scorpion”), Malay biawak).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bayawak (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜏᜃ᜔)
- monitor lizard (member of the genus Varanus)
- Nakatagpo kami ng dalawang bayawak sa loob ng gubat.
- We encountered two monitor lizards in the middle of the forest.
- iguana
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Further reading edit
- “bayawak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018