bayak

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak.

Noun

bayak

  1. monitor lizard

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *baya (“recently”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɑjɑk/

Adverb

bayak

  1. (obsolete, dialectal) recently

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bAja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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