hayu

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Chamorro[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

hayu

  1. wood.

Kashaya[edit]

Noun[edit]

hayu

  1. dog

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

hayu

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

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Descendants[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

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