payau
Brunei Malay
Etymology
From a substrate origin (compare Bulungan payaw).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pajaw/
- Hyphenation: pa‧yau
Noun
payau
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay payau (“brackish”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpajau̯/ [ˈpa.jau̯]
- Rhymes: -ajau̯
- Syllabification: pa‧yau
Adjective
payau (comparative lebih payau, superlative paling payau)
- brackish (slightly salty)
Derived terms
- payau tekaknya
Further reading
- “payau”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Tenggarong Kutai Malay
Etymology
From a non-Malayic substrate (cognate with Bulungan payaw).
Noun
payau
Further reading
- “payau”, in Kamus Bahasa Kutai - Bahasa Indonesia[1], Samarinda: Kantor Bahasa Provinsi Kalimantan Timur, 2013.