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Japanese
Romanization
hyu
- 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
- shark
- Synonyms: kuluyu, mumul, munduṅ
Descendants
Further reading
- "hyu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.