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This is one of the better known words of proto-Yueh (prot-Austro-Tai) origin. In Hoklo we have:
laaqiaa = 蜘蛛 = a type of long-legged spider.
In general, similar terms are widely observed in She, Hakka, Gan, and Min family languages. We do not find cognates in Cantonese. Malay lawa-lawa, Indonesian/Malay labah-labah. Proto-Austronesian lawa.
Hakka has lâkiâ for any kind of spider. The She (畲) language has lau-khoe, lau-khoi, etc. as cognate.
The article 呂嵩雁,後山客語的語言接觸析探, 2006-12-20 www.hakka.gov.tw/public/Attachment/84141625771.pdf contains a list of Hakka and She words for spider:
台灣四縣:⊆la ⊆k’ia
廣東梅縣:⊆la ⊆k’ia
福安畲語﹝lau21/(6)k’oi22/(2)﹞ 羅源畲語﹝lau21/(6)k’yΟ22/(2)﹞
三明畲語﹝la/2/(8)k’oi22/(2)﹞
華安畲語﹝⎟ioΝ44/(1)k’oi44/(1)﹞ 潮州、豐順畲語﹝l55/(3)k’oi22/(2)﹞
蒼南畲語﹝lau21(6)k’oi22/(2)﹞
景寧、麗水畲語﹝lu55/(3)k’oi22/(2)﹞
貴溪畲語﹝l/2/(8)t⎭’io22/(2)﹞
龍游畲語﹝lu55/(3)t⎭’io22/(2)﹞
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