The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*buqaya crocodile

PAN buqaya crocodile

Form.
Puyuma buaya shark
WMP
Merap mayaːʔ crocodile

PMP buqaya crocodile; greedy

WMP
Isneg buáya crocodile
Itawis hwáya crocodile
Bontok buwáya crocodile
Ifugaw buáya crocodile
Kankanaey buáya crocodile
Ilongot (Kakiduge:n) buaya crocodile
Casiguran Dumagat buaya crocodile: Crocodylus porosus
meg-bu-buaya a children's game (a type of tag played in the water)
Pangasinan buáya crocodile
Ilokano buáya crocodile
b-in-ubuáya a boys' game, imitating a crocodile
Tagalog buáya crocodile; tricky
Hanunóo buʔáya crocodile
Kalamian Tagbanwa bukaya crocodile
Hiligaynon buʔáya crocodile
Moken kaya crocodile
Cebuano buʔáya crocodile; lend or gamble in such a way that there is no chance of getting any but huge returns; hogging the ball in basketball; get to be greedy in lending, gambling or with the ball; for someone to entrap someone into playing with him by pretending not to know how
buʔayáh-un having a configuration in the lines of the palm resembling a crocodile and which signifies that the bearer will never have living children and further his brothers and sisters will not live to maturity. This configuration can be changed by magical means
Binukid buʔaya crocodile
Maranao boaya crocodile
boayaʔ-an lair of crocodiles; crocodile infested
Manobo (Western Bukidnon) buʔaya crocodile
Rungus Dusun buazo crocodile
Mansaka boaya crocodile
Tiruray buaya crocodile
Blaan (Koronadal) bwoya crocodile
Blaan bwoya crocodile
Bisaya (Lotud) buayo crocodile
buʔayo crocodile
Dumpas bwayo crocodile
Bisaya buʔayo crocodile
buayo crocodile
Dali' base crocodile
Tabun baya crocodile
Lun Dayeh buayeh crocodile
buayəh crocodile
Lun Dayeh (Long Semado) buayəh crocodile
Berawan (Long Terawan) bijih crocodile
Bintulu baza crocodile
Abai Sembuak buayo crocodile
Kelabit bayeh crocodile
Sangir buala crocodile (in poetry 'fearless, intrepid; hero' is often used for and vice-versa); to rob, plunder
Melanau Dalat baya crocodile
Melanau (Mukah) baya crocodile
Melanau Dalat (Kampung Teh) baya crocodile
Dairi-Pakpak Batak buaya crocodile
Simalur boea crocodile
foea crocodile
Toba Batak buea crocodile
buea di darat swindler, crook
Karo Batak buaya crocodile
Iban baya crocodile: Crocodilus porosus (in estuaries), Crocodilus siamensis (in freshwater swamps); manifestation of a water deity
Gaai wahjoʔ crocodile
Malay ikan teliŋa buaya a fish: Gastroceus biaculeatus
ajar buaya berenaŋ 'to teach a crocodile to swim' = to waste pains on those who will return evil for good
buaya crocodile. Properly Crocodilus porosus, the estuary crocodile. A very large house-lizard is called sometimes (house crocodile); and the description 'land crocodile' is given to 'samsengs' or roughs, and in the eastern islands of the archipelago to the dragon-like monitor, Varanus komodoensis. Proverbially the crocodile is a symbol of pitiless greed
buhaya crocodile. Properly Crocodilus porosus, the estuary crocodile. A very large house-lizard is called sometimes (house crocodile); and the description 'land crocodile' is given to 'samsengs' or roughs, and in the eastern islands of the archipelago to the dragon-like monitor, Varanus komodoensis. Proverbially the crocodile is a symbol of pitiless greed
Wahau wəjəʔ crocodile
Basap buaya crocodile
Tontemboan wuaya bold, intrepid; strong
muaya bold, intrepid; be or make strong
kopi wuaya strong coffee
wua-wuaya a marine fish that somewhat resembles a crocodile
ma-wuaya bold, intrepid; be or make strong
Nias buaya horõ a god in the form of a crocodile
buaya crocodile
Mei Lan Modang wahjao̯ʔ crocodile
Woq Helaq Modang wahjao̯ʔ crocodile
Mongondow buaya crocodile; bold, intrepid
Gorontalo huayo crocodile
Balantak buaya crocodile
Banggai buea crocodile
Ngaju Dayak sa-buaya benevolent creatures that reside somewhere over the sea of fog in Heaven
Bare'e wuaja frequently used exclamation of surprise or astonishment; used by small children as an interjection of anger
Tae' buaya crocodile; used as an exclamation and a curse: my God!, horrible!
Murik bayaʔ crocodile
Buginese buaya crocodile
Wolio buea crocodile
Makassarese buaja-bonto land crocodile -- used of someone who eats in a greedy fashion
buaja crocodile; greedy as a crocodile
aʔ-bua-buaja act like a crocodile, greedily devour everything; children's game in which a boy wrapped in a sarong with arms and legs outstretched creeps forward on the ground in order to catch the other boys
Lampung buha crocodile
Sundanese buhaya crocodile
cau buhaya kind of banana
Old Javanese buhaya crocodile
Javanese baya crocodile; dangerous, difficult
Balinese bwaya crocodile
Bikol buró-buʔáya large green ground lizard with a yellow stripe
mag-buʔáya to steal land
Malagasy voáy crocodile: Crocodilus madagascariensis Gray
Long Gelat Modang wahəhao̯ʔ crocodile
Bikol buʔáya crocodile; describing someone who lacks team spirit, someone who is always hogging the ball
Kelai wahjɛʔ crocodile

PCEMP buqaya crocodile; seahorse

CMP
Soboyo foya crocodile
Paulohi huay crocodile: Crocodilus porosus Schneid.
Manipa huaa crocodile
Kamarian huay crocodile
Asilulu hua salt water crocodile: Crocodilus porosus L.
Dobel kwa-kwasa crocodile
Fordata bwea crocodile
Yamdena na-bway change into a crocodile
bwa-watan seahorse, hippocampus
bwaye crocodile
Erai hea crocodile
Leti wuaa crocodile
Palu'e waya crocodile
Rembong waza crocodile
Hawu woe crocodile
SHWNG
Buli piay crocodile

POC puqaya crocodile

OC
Seimat hua crocodile
Aua fuara crocodile
Titan ᵬuay crocodile
Lou pua crocodile
Tigak uaya crocodile
Bali (Uneapa) bugha crocodile
Lusi puaya crocodile
Amara a-pua crocodile
Gitua pugaya crocodile
Numbami yuwaya tina seahorse (lit. ‘crocodile mother’)
Roviana vu-vua seahorse
Mekeo (East) ufala crocodile
Bugotu vua crocodile
Lau fuasa crocodile
fuasa ni ʔafu seahorse
Pokau vuara crocodile
Kwaio fuala crocodile (considered to be an loanword)
Nggela vua crocodile
vua ni loŋa lizard sp.
'Āre'āre huara crocodile
Sa'a huasa crocodile
Motu huala crocodile
Arosi huasa crocodile
Wuvulu fuaxa crocodile (only in stories)
Haununu huā crocodile
Watut fuga crocodile