yayu

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• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈjaju/ [ˈja.ju]
• Rhymes: -aju
• Syllabification: ya‧yu

yayu (plural yayu-yayu)

1. sister
2. greetings for women

• ayu

• “yayu”, 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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw. Compare Indonesian kayu.

yayu

1. wood

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “yayu”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 103
• Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

yayu

1. blade
2. (Taroko, Toda, Truku) food knife
3. (Taroko) pocket knife

• pucing / puting
• hlmadac
• hocyo
• hrngudux