yuyu

See also: yǔyù

Balinese

Romanization

yuyu

1. Romanization of ᬬᬸᬬᬸ

Indonesian

Noun

yuyu (first-person possessive yuyuku, second-person possessive yuyumu, third-person possessive yuyunya)

1. land crab

Javanese

Romanization

yuyu

1. Romanization of ꦪꦸꦪꦸ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qayuyu (“coconut crab: Birgus latro”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuju/ [ˈju.ju]
• Rhymes: -uju, -ju, -u

Noun

yuyu (plural yuyu-yuyu, informal 1st possessive yuyuku, 2nd possessive yuyumu, 3rd possessive yuyunya)

1. (Jakarta) a freshwater crab, in Gecarcinidae
2. (Jakarta, general) a crab

Further reading

• “yuyu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

Old Javanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juju/

Noun

yuyu

1. crab

Alternative forms

• hayuyu

Synonyms

• karkaṭa

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦪꦸꦪꦸ (yuyu)
• → Balinese: ᬬᬸᬬᬸ (yuyu)

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝuʝu/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.ʝu]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝuʝu/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.ʝu]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃuʃu/ [ˈʃu.ʃu]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒuʒu/ [ˈʒu.ʒu]

• Rhymes: -uʝu
• Syllabification: yu‧yu

Noun

yuyu m (uncountable)

1. (informal, childish) the creeps, the heeby-jeebies

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

yuyu

1. light rain

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 96