hayu

Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw (compare Indonesian kayu, Tagalog kahoy, Fijian kau).

Noun

hayu

  1. wood.

Kashaya

Noun

hayu

  1. dog

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Noun

hayu

  1. good, goodness, rightness, virtuousness, well-being, welfare
  2. happiness, felicity
  3. beauty, loveliness
  4. Alternative spelling of ayu (“harmony”)

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • ahayu
  • amahayu
  • aṅayoni
  • aṅhayu-hayu
  • hajĕṅ
  • hinayu
  • hinayu-hayu
  • hinaywakĕn
  • humaywakĕn
  • kaayon
  • kahaywan
  • mahayu
  • pinahayu
  • pinahaywakĕn
  • umahayu
  • umahaywakĕn
  • surud ayu

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu)
  • → Balinese: ᬳᬬᬸ (ayu)
  • → Malay: ayu
    • Indonesian: ayu

Further reading
  • "hayu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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