buaya

Indonesian

noun
Definitions
  • crocodile reptile
  • (slang) playboy, womanizer

Etymology

Derived from Malay buaya derived from Proto-Malayic *buhaya derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya derived from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

Origin

Proto-Austronesian

*buqaya

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