# ayu
## English
### Etymology

From Japanese 鮎 (ayu, “sweetfish”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːjuː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

ayu (usually uncountable, plural ayus)
* A sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia, the only member of its genus and family, Plecoglossus altivelis, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh. It is a game fish and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.

#### Synonyms

* ai

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Yau

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin allium.

### Noun

ayu m (plural ayos)
* garlic (plant)

## Balinese
### Romanization

ayu
* Romanization of ᬳᬬᬸ

## Gorontalo
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ju/
* Hyphenation: a‧yu
* Rhymes: -ju, -u

### Noun

ayu
* tree
* wood, timber

## Gun
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ā.jú/

### Noun

ayú (plural ayú lẹ) (Nigeria)
* leather

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔà.júː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ʔɛ̀.júː]

### Noun

àyū m (possessed form àyun)
* manatee, (in particular) the African manatee

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay ayu, from Javanese ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu, “beautiful, pretty”), from Old Javanese ayu, hayu (“good, virtuousness, welfare, happiness; beauty, loveliness”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaju]
* Hyphenation: ayu

### Adjective

ayu
* beautiful, pretty
* lovely

### Further reading

* “ayu” 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.

## Japanese
### Romanization

ayu
* Rōmaji transcription of あゆ
* Rōmaji transcription of アユ

## Javanese
### Romanization

ayu
* Romanization of ꦲꦪꦸ

## Leonese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ālium

### Noun

ayu m (plural ayos)
* garlic

### References

* AEDLL

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* Ayu

### Etymology

From Javanese ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu, “beautiful, pretty”), from Old Javanese ayu, hayu (“good, virtuousness, welfare, happiness; beauty, loveliness”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aju/
* Rhymes: -aju, -ju, -u

### Adjective

ayu (Jawi spelling ايو)
* dainty (Delicately small and pretty)

#### Descendants

* > Indonesian: ayu (inherited)

### Further reading

* “ayu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

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

### Noun

ayu
* harmony
* Alternative spelling of hayu (“good, happiness; welfare; beauty”)
* Alternative form of ayuh, āyuṣa

#### Derived terms

* ahaywan
* amāywakĕn
* ayon
* ayon-ayon
* aṅayu
* aṅayu-ayu
* aṅaywani
* aṅhaywani
* hinayu
* hinaywan
* inayu
* inaywan
* kahaywan
* kāywan
* maywani
* maywi
* māyu
* māywan
* paḍâyu
* pinayu
* pināywakĕn
* pāyu
* pāywan
* āyu
* āywan
* āywaywan
* paṅaywan widu

### Further reading

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

## Taroko
### Etymology

From Seediq yayu (“knife”).

### Noun

ayu
* a burn (landform)

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* aáyù

### Etymology

Probably from Portuguese alho

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.jù/

### Noun

ayù
* garlic