syoyu

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 醤油(しょうゆ) (shōyu, “soy sauce”), from Chinese 醬油／酱油 (jiàngyóu, “soy sauce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃoju]
• Hyphenation: syo‧yu

Noun

syoyu (first-person possessive syoyuku, second-person possessive syoyumu, third-person possessive syoyunya)

1. (cooking) shoyu.

   Hypernym: kecap

Further reading

• “syoyu” 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.