Chamorro edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw (compare Indonesian kayu, Tagalog kahoy, Fijian kau).

Noun edit

hayu

  1. wood.

Kashaya edit

Noun edit

hayu

  1. dog

Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Probably borrowed from Sanskrit आयु (āyu, living; lifetime), thus doublet of ayu and ayuh. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

hayu

  1. good, goodness, rightness, virtuousness, well-being, welfare
  2. happiness, felicity
  3. beauty, loveliness
  4. Alternative spelling of ayu (harmony)

Alternative forms edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Javanese: ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu)
  • Balinese: ᬳᬬᬸ (ayu)
  • Malay: ayu
    • Indonesian: ayu

Further reading edit

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