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

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

buaya Cebuano
cemara Indonesian
cemara buaya Indonesian
buwaya Tagalog
buaya Malay
峇囝 Chinese
末仔 Chinese
*buqaya Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
*buqaya Proto-Austronesian
*buhaya Proto-Malayic
baya Javanese
voay Malagasy
buaya Brunei Malay
buayo Minangkabau
bowaja Karao
ᮘᮥᮠᮚ Sundanese
buya Acehnese