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Etymology
[edit]From Japanese 鮎 (ayu, “sweetfish”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɑːjuː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]ayu (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
[edit]Translations
[edit]amphidromous fish
Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ayu m (plural ayos)
- garlic (plant)
Balinese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ayu
- Romanization of ᬳᬬᬸ
Gorontalo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ayu
Gun
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Hausa
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]àyū m (possessed form àyun)
- manatee, (in particular) the African manatee
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay ayu, from Javanese ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu, “beautiful, pretty”), from Old Javanese ayu, hayu (“good, virtuousness, welfare, happiness; beauty, loveliness”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ayu
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
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ayu
Javanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ayu
- Romanization of ꦲꦪꦸ
Leonese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ayu m (plural ayos)
References
[edit]Malay
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Javanese ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu, “beautiful, pretty”), from Old Javanese ayu, hayu (“good, virtuousness, welfare, happiness; beauty, loveliness”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ayu (Jawi spelling ايو)
- dainty (Delicately small and pretty)
Further reading
[edit]- “ayu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably 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
[edit]ayu
- harmony
- Alternative spelling of hayu (“good, happiness; welfare; beauty”)
- Alternative form of ayuh, āyuṣa
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- "ayu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Taroko
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ayu
- a burn (landform)
Yoruba
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Portuguese alho
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ayù
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