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yuyu

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See also: yǔyù

Balinese

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Romanization

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yuyu

  1. Romanization of ᬬᬸᬬᬸ

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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yuyu (plural yuyu-yuyu)

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

References

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

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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yuyu

  1. Romanization of ꦪꦸꦪꦸ

Malay

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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yuyu (plural yuyu-yuyu)

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

Further reading

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  • yuyu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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yuyu

  1. crab

Alternative forms

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Synonyms

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Descendants

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

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝuʝu/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.ʝu]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃuʃu/ [ˈʃu.ʃu]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒuʒu/ [ˈʒu.ʒu]

  • Rhymes: -uʝu
  • Syllabification: yu‧yu

Noun

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yuyu m (uncountable)

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

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Yosondúa Mixtec

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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yuyu

  1. light rain

References

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  • 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