| WMP | ||
| Ilokano | bayáwak | scorpion |
| Tagalog | bayáwak | monitor lizard, iguana |
| Hanunóo | bayáwak | monitor or large lizard (Varanus salvator Laurenti), commonly mislabeled 'iguana' |
| Kadazan Dusun | biavak | very large lizard |
| Simalur | béawaʔ | monitor lizard: Varanus neculosus |
| féawaʔ | monitor lizard: Varanus neculosus | |
| Iban | bayak | monitor lizard, Varanus spp., esp. V. salvator |
| Malay | biancak | monitor lizard, of which there are four varieties: (i) Varanus salvator, the largest, (ii) V. rudicollis (long-snouted), (iii) V. dumerili (tree-monitor), (iv) V. nebulosus (long-tailed) (Palembang) |
| biawak | monitor lizard, of which there are four varieties: (i) Varanus salvator, the largest, (ii) V. rudicollis (long-snouted), (iii) V. dumerili (tree-monitor), (iv) V. nebulosus (long-tailed) | |
| mem-biawak | to crawl on one's stomach | |
| Gorontalo | biyawaʔo | monitor lizard |
| Sundanese | bayawak | kind of giant salamander, iguana |
| Old Javanese | wayawak | iguana, monitor lizard |