bayawak

Borrowed from Tagalog bayawak.

• IPA^(key): /baˈʝawak/, [baˈʝa.wak]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧wak

bayáwak

1. monitor lizard

• bayauac — obsolete

From Proto-Philippine *bayawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak.

• IPA^(key): /baˈjawak/ [bɐˈja.wak]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧wak

bayawak (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜌᜏᜃ᜔)

1. scorpion

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak (cf. Malay biawak, Tagalog bayawak, and Javanese ꦩꦼꦚꦮꦏ꧀ (menyawak)).

• IPA^(key): /ba.jaˈwak/, [bɐ.jaˈwak]

bayawak (Sundanese script ᮘᮚᮝᮊ᮪)

1. monitor lizard (member of the genus Varanus)

   Urang manggihan dua bayawak di tengah leuweung.

   I encountered two monitor lizards in the middle of the forest.

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

• bayauac — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• biyawak

From Proto-Philippine *bayawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak. Compare Ilocano bayawak (“scorpion”), Malay biawak, and Gorontalo biyawa'o. The sense “brother-in-law” is a play on bayaw.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈjawak/ [bɐˈjaː.wɐk̚]
• Rhymes: -awak
• Syllabification: ba‧ya‧wak

bayawak (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜏᜃ᜔)

1. 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.

2. iguana
3. (slang, dated) brother-in-law

   Synonym: bayaw

• malabayawak

• basakay
• bayagbag

• “bayawak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018