From a Turkic language, perhaps Tatar аю (ayu) or Kazakh аю (aü).
аю • (ayu) (Clear script spelling ᠠᡕᡆᡇ (ayou), plural аюс)
| Alternative scripts | |
|---|---|
| Arabic | ايۋ |
| Cyrillic | аю |
| Latin | aiu |
From Proto-Turkic *adïg (“bear”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰑𐰍 (adïɣ, “bear”), Bashkir айыу (ayıw, “bear”), Kyrgyz аюу (ayuu, “bear”), Khakas азығ (azığ, “bear”), Turkish ayı (“bear”), Tuvan адыг (adıg, “bear”), Uzbek ayiq (“bear”), Southern Altai айу (ayu), etc.
аю • (aü)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | аю (aü) | аюлар (aülar) |
| genitive | аюдың (aüdyñ) | аюлардың (aülardyñ) |
| dative | аюға (aüğa) | аюларға (aülarğa) |
| accusative | аюды (aüdy) | аюларды (aülardy) |
| locative | аюда (aüda) | аюларда (aülarda) |
| ablative | аюдан (aüdan) | аюлардан (aülardan) |
| instrumental | аюмен (aümen) | аюлармен (aülarmen) |
аю • (ayu)