hyu

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Japanese

Romanization

hyu

  1. The hiragana syllable ひゅ (hyu) or the katakana syllable ヒュ (hyu) in Hepburn romanization.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Noun

hyu

  1. shark
    Synonyms: kuluyu, mumul, munduṅ

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦲꦶꦪꦸ (iyu, shark)

Further reading

  • "hyu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.