ayu

From Japanese 鮎 (ayu, “sweetfish”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːjuː/

ayu (usually uncountable, plural ayus)

1. A sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia, the only member of its genus and family, Plecoglossus altivelis, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh. It is a game fish and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.

• ai

• Yau

From Latin allium.

ayu m (plural ayos)

1. garlic (plant)

ayu

1. Romanization of ᬳᬬᬸ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

• IPA^(key): /a.ju/
• Hyphenation: a‧yu
• Rhymes: -ju, -u

ayu

1. tree
2. wood, timber

• IPA^(key): /ʔà.júː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ̀.júː]

àyū m (possessed form àyun)

1. manatee, (in particular) the African manatee

From Malay ayu, from Javanese ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu, “beautiful, pretty”), from Old Javanese ayu, hayu (“good, virtuousness, welfare, happiness; beauty, loveliness”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaju]
• Hyphenation: ayu

ayu

1. beautiful, pretty
2. lovely

• “ayu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

ayu

1. Rōmaji transcription of あゆ
2. Rōmaji transcription of アユ

ayu

1. Romanization of ꦲꦪꦸ

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

ayu m (plural ayos)

1. garlic

• AEDLL

• Ayu

• IPA^(key): /aju/
• Rhymes: -aju, -ju, -u

ayu (Jawi spelling ايو‎)

1. dainty (Delicately small and pretty)

• “ayu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Probably borrowed from Sanskrit आयु (āyu, “living; lifetime”), thus doublet of ayuh and hayu. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ayu

1. harmony
2. Alternative spelling of hayu (“good, happiness; welfare; beauty”)
3. Alternative spelling of ayuh, āyuṣa

From Seediq yayu (“knife”).

ayu

1. a burn (landform)

Possibly from French ail or Portuguese alho

• IPA^(key): /ā.jù/

ayù

1. garlic