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Where does “biawak” come from?

biawak (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bayawak — monitor lizard.

biawak (Malay): monitor lizard

Definitions

  1. monitor lizard

Ancestry of “biawak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbayawakmonitor lizard
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