บาฮายา

Urak Lawoi'

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya (“crocodile”). Cognate with Malay buaya, Tagalog buwaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bahaja/, [bahaˈja]

Noun

บาฮายา (bahaya)

1. (Phuket Old People) crocodile

Further reading

• Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)‎^[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 105