บาฮายา

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Urak Lawoi'[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bahaja/, [bahaˈja]

Noun[edit]

บาฮายา (bahaya)

  1. (Phuket Old People) crocodile

Further reading[edit]

  • 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