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Iban
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ka.jʊh/
Verb
kayuh
- to row using oar
- to cycle
- to persist (on something)
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay kayuh. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
kayuh
- oar (a type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat)
- pedal (a lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano)
- Synonym: pedal
Verb
kayuh (active mengayuh, passive dikayuh, perfective passive terkayuh) (transitive or intransitive)
- to row (to propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars)
- to pedal
- to operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion
- to operate a bicycle
Derived terms
Further reading
Kelabit
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.
Noun
kayuh
- wood
- tree
Lun Bawang
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.
Noun
kayuh
- wood
- tree
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic .
Pronunciation
Noun
kayuh (Jawi spelling کايوه, plural kayuh-kayuh, informal 1st possessive kayuhku, 2nd possessive kayuhmu, 3rd possessive kayuhnya)
- oar
- Synonym: dayung
- pedal
Descendants
- > Indonesian: kayuh (inherited)
Verb
kayuh (Jawi spelling کايوه)
- to row using oar
- to cycle
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Descendants
Further reading