menyawak

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦩꦼꦚꦮꦏ꧀ (menyawak), from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [məˈɲawak̚]
Hyphenation: mê‧nya‧wak

Noun

mênyawak

Synonym of biawak (“monitor lizard (Varanus sp.)”)

Further reading

“menyawak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

menyawak

Romanization of ꦩꦼꦚꦮꦏ꧀.

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