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Urak Lawoi'
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya (“crocodile”). Cognate with Malay buaya, Tagalog buwaya.
Pronunciation
Noun
บาฮายา (bahaya)
- (Phuket Old People) crocodile
Further reading
- Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109), Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 105