ayu
English
editEtymology
editFrom Japanese 鮎 (ayu, “sweetfish”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɑːjuː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editayu (usually uncountable, plural ayus)
- A sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia, the only member of its genus and family, Plecoglossus altivelis, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh. It is a game fish and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editamphidromous fish
Anagrams
editAsturian
editEtymology
editNoun
editayu m (plural ayos)
- garlic (plant)
Balinese
editRomanization
editayu
- Romanization of ᬳᬬᬸ
Gorontalo
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editayu
Gun
editPronunciation
editNoun
editHausa
editPronunciation
editNoun
editàyū m (possessed form àyun)
- manatee, (in particular) the African manatee
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Malay ayu, from Javanese ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu, “beautiful, pretty”), from Old Javanese ayu, hayu (“good, virtuousness, welfare, happiness; beauty, loveliness”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editayu
Further reading
edit- “ayu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
editRomanization
editayu
Javanese
editRomanization
editayu
- Romanization of ꦲꦪꦸ
Leonese
editEtymology
editNoun
editayu m (plural ayos)
References
editMalay
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Javanese ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu, “beautiful, pretty”), from Old Javanese ayu, hayu (“good, virtuousness, welfare, happiness; beauty, loveliness”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editayu (Jawi spelling ايو)
- dainty (Delicately small and pretty)
Descendants
edit- > Indonesian: ayu (inherited)
Further reading
edit- “ayu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese
editEtymology
editProbably from Sanskrit आयु (āyu, “living; lifetime”), thus doublet of ayuh and hayu. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editayu
- harmony
- Alternative spelling of hayu (“good, happiness; welfare; beauty”)
- Alternative form of ayuh, āyuṣa
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- "ayu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Taroko
editEtymology
editNoun
editayu
- a burn (landform)
Yoruba
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProbably from Portuguese alho
Pronunciation
editNoun
editayù
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