payau

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From a substrate origin (compare Bulungan payaw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pajaw/
• Hyphenation: pa‧yau

Noun

payau

1. deer

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay payau (“brackish”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpajau̯/ [ˈpa.jau̯]
• Rhymes: -ajau̯
• Syllabification: pa‧yau

Adjective

payau (comparative lebih payau, superlative paling payau)

1. brackish (slightly salty)

Derived terms

• payau tekaknya

• air payau

Further reading

• “payau”, 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

Tenggarong Kutai Malay

Etymology

From a non-Malayic substrate (cognate with Bulungan payaw).

Noun

payau

1. deer

Further reading

• “payau”, in Kamus Bahasa Kutai - Bahasa Indonesia‎^[1], Samarinda: Kantor Bahasa Provinsi Kalimantan Timur, 2013.