biawak

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bAyawak, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biawaʔ/
  • Rhymes: -awaʔ, -waʔ, -aʔ

Noun

biawak (Jawi spelling بياوق‎, plural biawak-biawak)

  1. monitor lizard (lizard of the genus Varanus)
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