hyu

Japanese

Romanization

hyu

1. The hiragana syllable ひゅ (hyu) or the katakana syllable ヒュ (hyu) in Hepburn romanization.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Noun

hyu

1. shark

   Synonyms: kuluyu, mumul, munduṅ

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦶꦪꦸ (iyu, “shark”)

Further reading

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