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See also: púyǔ and púyù

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay puyu, from Proto-Malayic *puyu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *puyu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puyu.

Pronunciation

Noun

puyu (plural puyu-puyu)

  1. climbing perch; climbing gourami (Anabas testudineus)
    Synonyms: betok, bato, betik, harfan
    Synonym: karuk (Brunei, Sabah)

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puyu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

Malay

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *puyu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *puyu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puyu.

Noun

puyu (Jawi spelling ڤويو, plural puyu-puyu)

  1. climbing perch; climbing gourami (Anabas testudineus)
    Synonym: karuk (Brunei, Sabah)
    Synonyms: betok, bato, betik, harfan (Indonesia)

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: puyu (inherited)

Etymology 2

puyu (Jawi spelling ڤويو, plural puyu-puyu)

  1. Obsolete form of puyuh.

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puyu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

Noun

puyu

  1. smoke

Quechua

Pronunciation

Noun

puyu

  1. cloud
  2. fog

Declension

Declension of puyu
singular plural
nominative puyu puyukuna
accusative puyuta puyukunata
dative puyuman puyukunaman
genitive puyup puyukunap
locative puyupi puyukunapi
terminative puyukama puyukunakama
ablative puyumanta puyukunamanta
instrumental puyuwan puyukunawan
comitative puyuntin puyukunantin
abessive puyunnaq puyukunannaq
comparative puyuhina puyukunahina
causative puyurayku puyukunarayku
benefactive puyupaq puyukunapaq
associative puyupura puyukunapura
distributive puyunka puyukunanka
exclusive puyulla puyukunalla
Possessive forms of puyu
ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my) singular plural
nominative puyuy puyuykuna
accusative puyuyta puyuykunata
dative puyuyman puyuykunaman
genitive puyuypa puyuykunap
locative puyuypi puyuykunapi
terminative puyuykama puyuykunakama
ablative puyuymanta puyuykunamanta
instrumental puyuywan puyuykunawan
comitative puyuynintin puyuykunantin
abessive puyuyninnaq puyuykunannaq
comparative puyuyhina puyuykunahina
causative puyuyrayku puyuykunarayku
benefactive puyuypaq puyuykunapaq
associative puyuypura puyuykunapura
distributive puyuyninka puyuykunanka
exclusive puyuylla puyuykunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its) singular plural
nominative puyun puyunkuna
accusative puyunta puyunkunata
dative puyunman puyunkunaman
genitive puyunpa puyunkunap
locative puyunpi puyunkunapi
terminative puyunkama puyunkunakama
ablative puyunmanta puyunkunamanta
instrumental puyunwan puyunkunawan
comitative puyunintin puyunkunantin
abessive puyunninnaq puyunkunannaq
comparative puyunhina puyunkunahina
causative puyunrayku puyunkunarayku
benefactive puyunpaq puyunkunapaq
associative puyunpura puyunkunapura
distributive puyuninka puyunkunanka
exclusive puyunlla puyunkunalla
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural
nominative puyuyku puyuykukuna
accusative puyuykuta puyuykukunata
dative puyuykuman puyuykukunaman
genitive puyuykupa puyuykukunap
locative puyuykupi puyuykukunapi
terminative puyuykukama puyuykukunakama
ablative puyuykumanta puyuykukunamanta
instrumental puyuykuwan puyuykukunawan
comitative puyuykuntin puyuykukunantin
abessive puyuykunnaq puyuykukunannaq
comparative puyuykuhina puyuykukunahina
causative puyuykurayku puyuykukunarayku
benefactive puyuykupaq puyuykukunapaq
associative puyuykupura puyuykukunapura
distributive puyuykunka puyuykukunanka
exclusive puyuykulla puyuykukunalla