บาฮายา

Urak Lawoi'

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya (“crocodile”). Cognate with Malay buaya, Tagalog buwaya.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bahaja/, [bahaˈja]

Noun

บาฮายา (bahaya)

  1. (Phuket Old People) crocodile

Further reading
  • Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 105
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