guyu
See also: kuyu
Guugu Yimidhirr
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Paman *kuya ~ *kuyu, from Proto-Pama-Maric *kuyu, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kuya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuju/
Noun
guyu
Synonyms
- guudyu
- munyiil (avoidance language)
References
- Barry Alpher (2004), “Proto-Pama-Nyungan Etyma”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5.1, pages 446–7
- Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.
- ^ 1898: Richard Phillips, ‘Vocabulary of Australian Aborigines in the neighbourhood of Cooktown, North Queensland’. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 27
Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Javanese guyu (“laugh, laughter”).
Noun
guyu
Derived terms
- geguyon
- gemuyu
- gumuyu
- guyonan
- nggeguyu
- ngguyokaké
- ngguyu
Further reading
- “guyu”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.
Old Javanese
Etymology
Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
guyu
Derived terms
- aguyon-guyon
- aguyu
- aguywan
- aguywan-guywan
- aṅguyu
- aṅguyu-guyu
- aṅguywakĕn
- ginuyu
- ginuyu-guyu
- ginuywakĕn
- ginuywan
- gumuyu
- gumuyu-guyu
- guywa-guywan
- guywan
- kaguyu-guyu
- paguyon
- paguywan
- saguyu
- suṅsuṅ guyu
Descendants
- > Javanese: guyu (inherited)
Shona
Noun
gúyu class 5 (plural makúyu class 6)