yuyu

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See also: yǔyù

Balinese

Romanization

yuyu

  1. Romanization of ᬬᬸᬬᬸ

Indonesian

Noun

yuyu (first-person possessive yuyuku, second-person possessive yuyumu, third-person possessive yuyunya)

  1. land crab

Javanese

Romanization

yuyu

  1. Romanization of ꦪꦸꦪꦸ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qayuyu (“coconut crab: Birgus latro”).

Pronunciation

Noun

yuyu (plural yuyu-yuyu, informal 1st possessive yuyuku, 2nd possessive yuyumu, 3rd possessive yuyunya)

  1. (Jakarta) a freshwater crab, in Gecarcinidae
  2. (Jakarta, general) a crab

Further reading

  • “yuyu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

Old Javanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

yuyu

  1. crab

Alternative forms

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦪꦸꦪꦸ (yuyu)
  • → Balinese: ᬬᬸᬬᬸ (yuyu)

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝuʝu/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃuʃu/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒuʒu/

  • Rhymes: -uʝu
  • Syllabification: yu‧yu

Noun

yuyu m (uncountable)

  1. (informal, childish) the creeps, the heeby-jeebies

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

yuyu

  1. light rain

References

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 96
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