saawa

West Makian

Etymology

Compare Tagalog sawa (“boa, python, large snake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪aː.wa/

Noun

saawa

1. a goanna

Alternative forms

• sawa

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics