buhaya

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ha.ja/
• Rhymes: -ja
• Hyphenation: bu‧ha‧ya

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, compare Malay buaya.

Noun

buhaya

1. crocodile

Alternative forms

• bwaya
• wuhaya

Derived terms

• abuhaya
• binwaya
• pabuhayan

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦪ (baya, “crocodile”)

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

buhaya

1. languishing

Further reading

• "buhaya" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

Noun

buhaya (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮠᮚ)

1. crocodile (reptile)