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Chavacano
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog bayawak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈʝawak/,
- Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧wak
Noun
bayáwak
- monitor lizard
Ilocano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *bayawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈjawak/
- Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧wak
Noun
bayawak (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜌᜏᜃ᜔)
- scorpion
Sundanese
Romanization
bayawak
- Romanization of ᮘᮚᮝᮊ᮪
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *bayawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak. Compare Ilocano bayawak (“scorpion”), Malay biawak, and Gorontalo biyawa'o.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bayawak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018