buhaya

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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

  1. crocodile
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦧꦪ (baya, crocodile)

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

buhaya

  1. 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

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

Noun

buhaya (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮠᮚ)

  1. crocodile (reptile)