payu
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦪꦸ (payu, “sold, in demand”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpaju/ [ˈpa.ju]
- Rhymes: -aju
- Syllabification: pa‧yu
Adjective
payu (comparative lebih payu, superlative paling payu)
Further reading
- “payu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Old Sundanese
Etymology
From Sanskrit पायु (pāyu), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pāyúṣ
Noun
payu
- anus
- c. 1518, Sanghyang Siksakandang Karesian (Kropak 630), section II:
- Payu ulah dipake keter kenana dora bancana na lunas papa naraka.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Sundanese
| Sundanese register set | |
|---|---|
| lemes | pajeng |
| loma | payu, laku |
Etymology
From Javanese ꦥꦪꦸ (payu, “saleable, in demand”).
Adjective
payu
Further reading
- "PAJOE", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij