Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bayawak

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Verb

*bayawak

monitor lizard

Descendants

North Bornean
- Southwest Sabahan
  - Central Dusun: biavak
Land Dayak
- Bau Bidayuh: biowak (“monitor lizard”)
Proto-Philippine: *bayawak
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: bayawak (“scorpion”)
- Central Philippine
  - Tagalog: bayawak (“monitor lizard, iguana”)
Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
- Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
  - Proto-Malayic:
    - Banjarese: biyawak
    - Malay: biawak
      - Indonesian: biawak
- Old Sundanese
  - Sundanese: ᮘᮚᮝᮊ᮪ (bayawak)
Old Javanese:
- Javanese: ꦩꦼꦚꦮꦏ꧀ (menyawak)
  - → Indonesian: menyawak
West Barito
- Ngaju: bajawak

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *bayawak

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