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Old Javanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.ha.ja/
- Rhymes: -ja
- Hyphenation: bu‧ha‧ya
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, compare Malay buaya.
Noun
buhaya
- crocodile
Derived terms
Descendants
- Javanese: ꦧꦪ (baya, “crocodile”)
Etymology 2
Unknown
Noun
buhaya
- languishing
Further reading
- "buhaya" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Sundanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.
Noun
buhaya (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮠᮚ)
- crocodile (reptile)