buaya

Brunei Malay

/bu.a.ja/, /bwa.ja/, /bo.ja/

noun
Definitions
  • crocodile reptile

Etymology

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

Origin

Proto-Austronesian

*buqaya

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