yuyu

See also: yǔyù

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese yuyu, hayuyu (“crab”). Compare to Javanese ꦪꦸꦪꦸ (yuyu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juju/

Noun

yuyu (Balinese script ᬬᬸᬬᬸ)

1. crab

Derived terms

• yuyu brahma
• yuyu gampil
• yuyu gringsing
• yuyu santen

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese yuyu, from Old Javanese yuyu, hayuyu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qayuyu (“coconut crab”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈjuju/ [ˈju.ju]
• Rhymes: -uju
• Syllabification: yu‧yu

Noun

yuyu (plural yuyu-yuyu)

1. a crab, in general or specifically of the freshwater superfamily Gecarcinucoidea

Compounds

• yuyu kangkang

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qayuyu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “yuyu”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

yuyu

1. romanization of ꦪꦸꦪꦸ

Malay

Etymology

From Indonesian yuyu, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qayuyu (“coconut crab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuju/ [ˈju.ju]
• Rhymes: -uju
• Hyphenation: yu‧yu

Noun

yuyu (plural yuyu-yuyu or yuyu²)

1. (Jakarta) a freshwater crab, in Gecarcinidae
2. (Jakarta, in general) a crab

Further reading

• "yuyu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "yuyu" at PRPM first version)
• Wilkinson, R. J. (1946), “yuyu”, in An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary, St. Martin's Street, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qayuyu (“coconut crab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juju/

Noun

yuyu

1. crab

Alternative forms

• hayuyu

Synonyms

• karkaṭa

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦪꦸꦪꦸ (yuyu)
• → Balinese: ᬬᬸᬬᬸ (yuyu)

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝuʝu/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.ʝu]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝuʝu/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.ʝu] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃuʃu/ [ˈʃu.ʃu] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒuʒu/ [ˈʒu.ʒu] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʝuju/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.ju] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -uʝu
• Syllabification: yu‧yu

Noun

yuyu m (uncountable)

1. (informal, childish) the creeps, the heeby-jeebies

Further reading

• “yuyu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “yuyu”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

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Noun

yuyu

1. light rain

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012), Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 96