biancak

Malay

Alternative forms

• bianchak

Etymology

Innovative form of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak. Doublet of biawak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bian.t͡ʃaʔ/
• Rhymes: -ancak, -cak, -ak

Noun

biancak (plural biancak-biancak, informal 1st possessive biancakku, 2nd possessive biancakmu, 3rd possessive biancaknya)

1. (Palembang Malay) a monitor lizard

Further reading

• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.