ayun
Iban edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ayun
Verb edit
ayun
- to lift and throw away
- to swing (back and forth)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay ayun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ayun (“to swing, oscillate”), from Proto-Austronesian *ayun (“to swing, oscillate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ayun (first-person possessive ayunku, second-person possessive ayunmu, third-person possessive ayunnya)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ayun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Kapampangan edit
Noun edit
ayun
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ayun
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
a- (“agent prefix”) + yùn (“to cut something with a saw”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ayùn
- saw
- Ó mú ayùn gé irin ― He used a saw to cut the metal