ayu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ayu"

Translingual

Symbol

ayu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ayu.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ayu terms

English

Ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis (sweetfish)

Etymology

From Japanese 鮎 (ayu, “sweetfish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːjuː/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

ayu (usually uncountable, plural ayus)

1. 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

• ai

Translations

amphidromous fish

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 香魚 / 香鱼 (hoeng¹ jyu^4-2)

  Hakka: 香魚 / 香鱼 (hiông-ǹg)

  Hokkien: 芳魚 / 芳鱼 (phang-hî), 溪鰮 / 溪鳁 (khoe-un, khe-un), 𫙮魚 / 𫙮鱼 (kia̍t-hî, kia̍t-hû), 𫙮 (kia̍t), 國姓魚 / 国姓鱼 (kok-sèng-hî, kok-sèng-hû)

  Mandarin: 香魚 / 香鱼 (zh) (xiāngyú)

• Czech: aju
• Estonian: aiu
• Finnish: aju (fi)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 은어(銀魚) (ko) (euneo)
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: cá thơm, cá hương

Anagrams

• Yau

Ao

Verb

ayu

1. (Chungli) to put

Further reading

• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 151

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin allium.

Noun

ayu m (plural ayos)

1. garlic (plant)

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese hayu (“good, happiness, beauty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aju/

Adjective

ayu (Balinese script ᬳᬬᬸ)

1. good
2. beautiful

Derived terms

• mayu-ayu
• ngayu-ayu

Further reading

• “ayu”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Gorontalo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ju/
• Hyphenation: a‧yu

Noun

ayu

1. tree
2. wood, timber

Gun

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ā.jú/

Noun

ayú (plural ayú lẹ) (Nigeria)

1. leather

Hausa

Àyū

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔà.júː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ̀.júː]

Noun

àyū m (possessed form àyun)

1. manatee, (in particular) the African manatee

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈaju/ [ˈa.ju]
• Rhymes: -aju
• Syllabification: a‧yu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay ayu, from Javanese ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu, “beautiful, pretty”), from Old Javanese ayu, hayu (“good, virtuousness, welfare, happiness; beauty, loveliness”).

Adjective

ayu (comparative lebih ayu, superlative paling ayu)

1. beautiful, pretty
2. lovely

Derived terms

• keayuan

Etymology 2

Noun

ayu (plural ayu-ayu or para ayu)

1. alternative form of yayu

Further reading

• “ayu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

ayu

1. Rōmaji transcription of あゆ
2. Rōmaji transcription of アユ

Javanese

Romanization

ayu

1. romanization of ꦲꦪꦸ

Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ālium

Noun

ayu m (plural ayos)

1. garlic

References

• “ayu”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2025

Malay

Alternative forms

• Ayu

Etymology

From Javanese ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu, “beautiful, pretty”), from Old Javanese ayu, hayu (“good, virtuousness, welfare, happiness; beauty, loveliness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aju/
• Rhymes: -aju, -ju, -u

Adjective

ayu (Jawi spelling ايو, comparative lebih ayu, superlative paling ayu)

1. dainty (Delicately small and pretty)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: ayu (inherited)

Further reading

• “ayu”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

ayu

1. harmony
2. alternative spelling of hayu (“good, happiness; welfare; beauty”)
3. alternative form of ayuh, āyuṣa

Derived terms

• ahaywan
• amāywakĕn
• ayon
• ayon-ayon
• aṅayu
• aṅayu-ayu
• aṅaywani
• aṅhaywani
• hinayu
• hinaywan
• inayu
• inaywan
• kahaywan
• kāywan
• maywani
• maywi
• māyu
• māywan
• paḍâyu
• pinayu
• pināywakĕn
• pāyu
• pāywan
• āyu
• āywan
• āywaywan

• paṅaywan widu

Further reading

• "ayu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Taroko

Etymology

From Seediq yayu (“knife”).

Noun

ayu

1. a burn (landform)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• aáyù

Etymology

Probably from Portuguese alho

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.jù/

Noun

ayù

1. garlic