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

1. 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