kayu

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Balinese

Romanization

kayu

  1. Romanization of ᬓᬬᬸ

Banjarese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Noun

kayu

  1. wood (part of a plant)

Central Siberian Yupik

Noun

kayu

  1. ocean fish

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ka‧yu

Noun

kayu

  1. tree
  2. wood (part of a plant)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kayu, from Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Hyphenation: ka‧yu

Noun

kayu (first-person possessive kayuku, second-person possessive kayumu, third-person possessive kayunya)

  1. wood (substance)
  2. wood (wood from a particular species)

Derived terms

Noun

kayu (first-person possessive kayuku, second-person possessive kayumu, third-person possessive kayunya)

  1. synonym of gulungan

Further reading

Iranun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

Noun

kayu

  1. tree
  2. wood

Japanese

Romanization

kayu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かゆ

Javanese

Romanization

kayu

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦪꦸ

Kapampangan

Etymology

From ka +‎ yu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈju/,
  • Hyphenation: ka‧yu

Pronoun

kayu

  1. (in the plural) you
  2. (honorific singular) you
    Mekeni kayu pu. ― Come on in, Sir/Ma'am.

Limos Kalinga

Noun

kayu

  1. tree

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

kayu

  1. tree

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay (kāyu).

Pronunciation

Noun

kayu (Jawi spelling کايو, informal 1st possessive kayuku, 2nd possessive kayumu, 3rd possessive kayunya)

  1. wood (substance)
  2. wood (wood from a particular species)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kayu

Further reading

Mapudungun

Numeral

kayu (Raguileo spelling)

Mapudungun cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : kayu
    Ordinal : ?
  1. six

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Matigsalug Manobo

Noun

kayu

  1. wood
  2. tree

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

Noun

kayu

  1. wood, tree

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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

Rayón Zoque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo.

Noun

kayu

  1. horse
  2. animal

Derived terms

References

  • Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 12

Tagabawa

Noun

kayu

  1. tree
  2. wood

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *kalayu, from Proto-Central Philippine *kalayu. Compare Cebuano kalayo.

Noun

kāyu

  1. fire

Yogad

Noun

kayú

  1. tree
  2. wood
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