malayū

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed layū (“to run; to flee”) +‎ (m)aN-.

Verb

malayū

1. to run
2. to run away
3. to flee

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦩ꧀ꦭꦪꦸ (mlayu)

Further reading

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