bayak

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Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak.

Noun

bayak

  1. monitor lizard

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *baya (recently).[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

bayak

  1. (obsolete, dialectal) recently

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bAja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill