bayawak

== Chavacano == === Etymology === Borrowed from Tagalog bayawak. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈʝawak/, [baˈʝa.wak] Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧wak === Noun === bayawak monitor lizard == Ilocano == === Alternative forms === bayauac — obsolete === Etymology === From Proto-Philippine *bayawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈjawak/ [bɐˈja.wak] Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧wak === Noun === bayawak (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜌᜏᜃ᜔) scorpion == Sundanese == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak (cf. Malay biawak, Tagalog bayawak, and Javanese ꦩꦼꦚꦮꦏ꧀ (menyawak)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.jaˈwak/, [bɐ.jaˈwak] === Noun === bayawak (Sundanese script ᮘᮚᮝᮊ᮪) monitor lizard (member of the genus Varanus) === Further reading === Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === bayauac — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling biyawak === Etymology === From Proto-Philippine *bayawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak. Compare Ilocano bayawak (“scorpion”), Malay biawak, and Gorontalo biyawa'o. The sense “brother-in-law” is a play on bayaw. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈjawak/ [bɐˈjaː.wɐk̚] Rhymes: -awak Syllabification: ba‧ya‧wak === Noun === bayawak (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜏᜃ᜔) monitor lizard (member of the genus Varanus) iguana (slang, dated) brother-in-law Synonym: bayaw ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== basakay bayagbag === Further reading === “bayawak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018