layū

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *laRiw (“run, run away, flee, escape”). Cognate of Malay lari.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /la.ju/
  • Rhymes: -ju
  • Homophone: layu
  • Hyphenation: la‧yū

Verb

layū

  1. to run
  2. to flee

Derived terms
  • alalaywan
  • alayū
  • amalaywakĕn
  • apalaywan
  • apapalayun
  • apapalaywan
  • kapalayū
  • malaywakĕn
  • malaywi
  • malayū
  • palaywan
  • palayū
  • papalayun
  • pinalaywakĕn
  • pinalaywan
  • rara malayu

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦭꦪꦸ (layu, “running pace; runner, courier”)
  • → Balinese: ᬮᬬᬹ (layu, “course, walk, flight”)

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