kayu

See also: kāyu and Kayu

English

Adjective

kayu (comparative more kayu, superlative most kayu)

1. (Singapore) Stupid; foolish.

Balinese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Noun

kayu (Balinese script ᬓᬬᬸ)

1. (medya) wood

Banjarese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Noun

kayu

1. wood (part of a plant)

Central Dusun

Noun

kayu

1. tree

Central Siberian Yupik

Noun

kayu

1. ocean fish

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkajuʔ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧yu

Noun

kayu

1. tree
2. wood (part of a plant)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• kajoe (1901–1947)

Etymology

From Malay kayu, from Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaju/ [ˈka.ju]

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• Rhymes: -aju
• Syllabification: ka‧yu

Noun

kayu (plural kayu-kayu)

1. wood (substance)
2. wood (wood from a particular species)

Derived terms

• berkayu
• kayu-kayuan
• kekayuan
• mengayu
• perkayuan

• kayu ambon
• kayu anduan
• kayu angin
• kayu api
• kayu apu
• kayu apu-apu
• kayu arang
• kayu bakar
• kayu bangunan
• kayu basung
• kayu besi
• kayu bintang
• kayu bulat
• kayu cagak
• kayu celup
• kayu cendana
• kayu daun
• kayu dowel
• kayu embun
• kayu gabus
• kayu gambir
• kayu gelam
• kayu gelondong
• kayu gelondongan
• kayu gergajian
• kayu hitam
• kayu jaran
• kayu jarum
• kayu kapur
• kayu kapur barus
• kayu kayan
• kayu keras
• kayu kesturi
• kayu ketimuran
• kayu kuda
• kayu kunyit
• kayu lapis
• kayu liat
• kayu lilin
• kayu lintang
• kayu lunak
• kayu manis
• kayu olahan
• kayu pacat
• kayu palang
• kayu pelet
• kayu pok
• kayu putih
• kayu rapat
• kayu renceh
• kayu ribu
• kayu samidra
• kayu sepat
• kayu siku-siku
• kayu silang
• kayu singapura
• kayu sugi
• kayu tahun
• kayu teja
• kayu telur
• kayu timur
• kayu tulang
• kayu ular
• kayu urang

Noun

kayu (plural kayu-kayu)

1. synonym of gulungan

Further reading

• “kayu”, 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

Iranun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

Noun

kayu

1. tree
2. wood

Japanese

Romanization

kayu

1. Rōmaji transcription of かゆ

Javanese

Romanization

kayu

1. romanization of ꦏꦪꦸ

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• ko, co

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *kayú, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu, from Proto-Austronesian *iSu. Compare Tagalog kayo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈju/ [kəˈju]
• Hyphenation: ka‧yu

Pronoun

kayu

1. (in the plural) you

   Synonyms: kamu, ikamu

2. (honorific singular) you

   Mekeni kayu pu. ― Come on in, Sir/Ma'am.

   Mangan kayu pu. ― Eat, Sir/Ma'am.

   Mengan nakayo? ― Have you eaten yet?

   Komusta kayo? ― How are you?

Derived terms

• ikaikayu
• ikayu
• mekenikayo

See also

Kapampangan personal pronouns

		absolute		ergative	oblique
		disjunctive	enclitic
first person	singular	aku/i aku/yaku	ku		kanaku
	plural inclusive	ikatamu	katamu/tamu	tamu/ta	kekatamu
	plural exclusive	ikami, ike	kami/ke	mi	kekami/keke
second person	singular	ika	ka	mu	keka
	plural	ikayu/iko	kayu/ko	yu	kekayu/keko
third person	singular	iya/ya	ya	na	keya/kaya
	plural	ila	la	da/ra	karela

Limos Kalinga

Noun

kayu

1. tree

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

kayu

1. tree

Makasar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaju/
• Hyphenation: ka‧yu

Noun

kayu (Lontara spelling ᨀᨐᨘ)

1. wood
2. (card games) club, one of the four card suits in the traditional omi playing card.

Affixations

• akkayu
• turikayu

Compounds

• kayu jawa
• kayu naniʼ
• kayu puli
• kayu puti
• kayu tana
• kayu teʼne

Classifier

kayu (Lontara spelling ᨀᨐᨘ)

1. Classifier used for animals, or rolls of fabric.

   Patangkayu tedong ― Four buffaloes

   Annangkayu tedong ― Six buffaloes

   Tujukayunna tedong ― Seven buffaloes

   Salapangkayunna tedong ― Seven buffaloes

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[1], Brill, →DOI

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (kāyu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaju/ [ˈka.ju]
• Rhymes: -aju, -ju, -u
• Hyphenation: ka‧yu

Noun

kayu (Jawi spelling کايو, uncountable)

1. wood (substance)
2. wood (wood from a particular species)

Adjective

kayu (comparative lebih kayu, superlative paling kayu)

1. wooden, made of wood
2. (figurative) dull, not intelligent

   Kuda kayu ― someone who is stupid (lit. 'wooden horse')

3. (figurative) As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.

Descendants

• Indonesian: kayu

Further reading

• "kayu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Mapudungun

Numeral

kayu (Raguileo spelling)

Mapudungun cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : kayu     Ordinal : ?

1. six

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Matigsalug Manobo

Noun

kayu

1. wood
2. tree

Mualang

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Noun

kayu

1. wood
2. tree

   Synonym: pun

References

• Tjia, J. (2007), A grammar of Mualang: an Ibanic language of West Kalimantan, Indonesia‎^[2], LOT dissertation series, Utrecht: LOT, page 426

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

Noun

kayu

1. wood, tree

Derived terms

• kakayu
• kakaywan
• kayon
• kayu-kayu
• kaywan

• kayu katu
• kayu kuniṅ
• kayu manis
• kayu mas
• kayu sukĕt
• kayu suwarṇa
• kayu sĕnö
• kayu teja

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦏꦪꦸ (kayu)

Further reading

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

Old Sundanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

Noun

kayu

1. wood, tree
   • c. 1518, Sanghyang Siksakandang Karesian (Kropak 630):

     "Salang keboan ning alas, kayu batri nangtu, bwah beunang nga-rara(ng)gean..."

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Sundanese: kai, ki

Pazeh

Proper noun

kayu

1. a female given name

References

• Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸); Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2001), Pazih Dictionary (巴宰語詞典) (in Chinese), Taipei: Academia Sinica, Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

Rayón Zoque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo.

Noun

kayu

1. horse
2. animal

Derived terms

• kayu-makpabʌ
• kayuꞌi tyaki

References

• Harrison, Roy; B. de Harrison, Margaret; López Juárez, Francisco; Ordoñes, Cosme (1984), Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎^[3] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 12

Remun

Noun

kayu

1. food

Tagabawa

Noun

kayu

1. tree
2. wood

Yogad

Noun

kayú

1. tree
2. wood