ayu

== Translingual == === Symbol === ayu (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ayu. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Ayu terms == English == === Etymology === From Japanese 鮎 (ayu, “sweetfish”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑːjuː/ === Noun === ayu (usually uncountable, plural ayus) A sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia, the only member of its genus and family, Plecoglossus altivelis, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh. It is a game fish and is also subject to extensive aquaculture. ==== Synonyms ==== ai ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Yau == Ao == === Pronunciation === (Chungli) IPA(key): /a˥.ju˩/, [a˥.ju˩] === Verb === ayu (Chungli) to put ==== Inflection ==== === Further reading === Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 151 == Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin allium. === Noun === ayu m (plural ayos) garlic (plant) == Balinese == === Etymology === From Old Balinese ayu, from Old Javanese hayu (“good, happiness, beauty”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aju/ === Adjective === ayu (Balinese script ᬳᬬᬸ) good beautiful ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “ayu”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]. == Gorontalo == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ju/ Hyphenation: a‧yu === Noun === ayu tree wood, timber == Gun == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ā.jú/ === Noun === ayú (plural ayú lẹ) (Nigeria) leather == Hausa == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔà.júː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔɛ̀.júː] === Noun === àyū m (possessed form àyun) manatee, (in particular) the African manatee == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈaju/ [ˈa.ju] Rhymes: -aju Syllabification: a‧yu === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Malay ayu, from Javanese ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu, “beautiful, pretty”), from Old Javanese ayu, hayu (“good, virtuousness, welfare, happiness; beauty, loveliness”). ==== Adjective ==== ayu (comparative lebih ayu, superlative paling ayu) beautiful, pretty lovely ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== ayu (plural ayu-ayu or para ayu) alternative form of yayu === Further reading === “ayu”, 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 == Japanese == === Romanization === ayu Rōmaji transcription of あゆ Rōmaji transcription of アユ == Javanese == === Romanization === ayu romanization of ꦲꦪꦸ == Leonese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin ālium === Noun === ayu m (plural ayos) garlic === References === “ayu”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026 == Malay == === Alternative forms === Ayu === Etymology === From Javanese ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu, “beautiful, pretty”), from Old Javanese ayu, hayu (“good, virtuousness, welfare, happiness; beauty, loveliness”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aju/ Rhymes: -aju, -ju, -u === Adjective === ayu (Jawi spelling ايو, comparative lebih ayu, superlative paling ayu) dainty (Delicately small and pretty) ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: ayu (inherited) === Further reading === "ayu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Old Javanese == === Etymology === Probably from Sanskrit आयु (āyu, “living; lifetime”), thus doublet of ayuh and hayu. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === ayu harmony alternative spelling of hayu (“good, happiness; welfare; beauty”) alternative form of ayuh, āyuṣa ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === "ayu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. == Taroko == === Etymology === From Seediq yayu (“knife”). === Noun === ayu a burn (landform) == Yoruba == === Alternative forms === aáyù === Etymology === Probably from Portuguese alho === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ā.jù/ === Noun === ayù garlic