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Balinese
Romanization
kayu
- Romanization of ᬓᬬᬸ
Banjarese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.
Noun
kayu
- wood (part of a plant)
Central Dusun
Noun
kayu
- tree
Central Siberian Yupik
Noun
kayu
- ocean fish
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.
Pronunciation
Noun
kayu
- tree
- 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
Noun
kayu (first-person possessive kayuku, second-person possessive kayumu, third-person possessive kayunya)
- wood (substance)
- wood (wood from a particular species)
Derived terms
Noun
kayu (first-person possessive kayuku, second-person possessive kayumu, third-person possessive kayunya)
- synonym of gulungan
Further reading
Iranun
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.
Noun
kayu
- tree
- wood
Japanese
Romanization
kayu
- Rōmaji transcription of かゆ
Javanese
Romanization
kayu
- Romanization of ꦏꦪꦸ
Kapampangan
Etymology
From ka + yu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈju/
- Hyphenation: ka‧yu
Pronoun
kayu
- (in the plural) you
- (honorific singular) you
- Mekeni kayu pu. ― Come on in, Sir/Ma'am.
Limos Kalinga
Noun
kayu
- tree
Lubuagan Kalinga
Noun
kayu
- 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)
- wood (substance)
- wood (wood from a particular species)
Descendants
Further reading
Mapudungun
Numeral
kayu (Raguileo spelling)
- six
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Matigsalug Manobo
Noun
kayu
- wood
- tree
Old Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.
Noun
kayu
- 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
- horse
- 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
Remun
Noun
kayu
- food
Tagabawa
Noun
kayu
- tree
- wood
Yogad
Noun
kayú
- tree
- wood