layū
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Old Javanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *laRiw (“run, run away, flee, escape”). Cognate of Malay lari.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]layū
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Javanese: ꦭꦪꦸ (layu, “running pace; runner, courier”)
- → Balinese: ᬮᬬᬹ (layu, “course, walk, flight”)
Further reading
[edit]- "layū" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.