ayu

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See also: Ayu and āyu

English

Ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis (sweetfish)

Etymology

From Japanese 鮎 (ayu, “sweetfish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːjuː/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

ayu (usually uncountable, plural ayus)

  1. 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

Translations

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin allium.

Noun

ayu m (plural ayos)

  1. garlic (plant)

Balinese

Romanization

ayu

  1. Romanization of ᬳᬬᬸ

Gorontalo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

Pronunciation

Noun

ayu

  1. tree
  2. wood, timber

Gun

Pronunciation

Noun

ayú (plural ayú lẹ) (Nigeria)

  1. leather

Hausa

Àyū

Pronunciation

Noun

àyū m (possessed form àyun)

  1. manatee, (in particular) the African manatee

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ayu, from Javanese ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu, “beautiful, pretty”), from Old Javanese ayu, hayu (“good, virtuousness, welfare, happiness; beauty, loveliness”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ayu

  1. beautiful, pretty
  2. lovely

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

ayu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あゆ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of アユ

Javanese

Romanization

ayu

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦪꦸ

Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ālium

Noun

ayu m (plural ayos)

  1. garlic

References

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Javanese ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu, “beautiful, pretty”), from Old Javanese ayu, hayu (“good, virtuousness, welfare, happiness; beauty, loveliness”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ayu (Jawi spelling ايو)

  1. dainty (Delicately small and pretty)

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably borrowed 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

  1. harmony
  2. Alternative spelling of hayu (“good, happiness; welfare; beauty”)
  3. Alternative spelling 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

  1. a burn (landform)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Portuguese alho

Pronunciation

Noun

ayù

  1. garlic
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