hayu

Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw (compare Indonesian kayu, Tagalog kahoy, Fijian kau).

Noun

hayu

1. wood.

Japanese

Romanization

hayu

1. Rōmaji transcription of はゆ

Kashaya

Noun

hayu

1. dog

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Sanskrit आयु (āyu, “living; lifetime”), thus doublet of ayu and ayuh. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hayu

1. good, goodness, rightness, virtuousness, well-being, welfare
2. happiness, felicity
3. beauty, loveliness
4. Alternative spelling of ayu (“harmony”)

Alternative forms

• ayu

Derived terms

• ahayu
• amahayu
• aṅayoni
• aṅhayu-hayu
• hajĕṅ
• hinayu
• hinayu-hayu
• hinaywakĕn
• humaywakĕn
• kaayon
• kahaywan
• mahayu
• pinahayu
• pinahaywakĕn
• umahayu
• umahaywakĕn

• surud ayu

Related terms

• rahayu
• ḍahayu

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu)
• → Balinese: ᬳᬬᬸ (ayu)
• → Malay: ayu
  • Indonesian: ayu

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Etymology

Cognate with Indonesian ayo, Malay ayuh, and Javanese ꦲꦪꦺꦴ (ayo, “come on, let's, please”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.ˈju/

Interjection

hayu

1. come on! let's go!

   Hayu urang ka basisir! Hayu urang ngojay! Hayu urang maén golf

   Let's go to the beach! Let's go swimming! Let's go golfing!