"biawak" meaning in Malay

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbjawak/, [ˈbja.waʔ] Audio: Ms-MY-biawak.ogg Forms: بياوق [Jawi], biawak-biawak [plural]
Rhymes: -awaʔ, -waʔ, -aʔ Etymology: From Proto-Malayic *bAyawak, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak. Compare Tagalog bayawak and Gorontalo biyawa'o. Etymology templates: {{uder|ms|poz-mly-pro|*bAyawak}} Proto-Malayic *bAyawak, {{uder|ms|poz-pro|*bayawak}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak, {{cog|tl|bayawak}} Tagalog bayawak, {{cog|gor|biyawa'o}} Gorontalo biyawa'o Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=بياوق}} biawak (Jawi spelling بياوق, plural biawak-biawak)
  1. monitor lizard (lizard of the genus Varanus) Categories (lifeform): Reptiles

Alternative forms

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