ayun

• IPA^(key): /a.jun/

ayun

1. cradle

ayun

1. to lift and throw away
2. to swing (back and forth)

From Malay ayun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ayun (“to swing, oscillate”), from Proto-Austronesian *ayun (“to swing, oscillate”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈajʊn/
• Hyphenation: ayun

ayun (plural ayun-ayun)

1. swing, swinging: the act or motion of that which swings

• “ayun” 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.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hayun (“shake, sway, swing”). Compare Cebuano hayon, Malay ayun, and Javanese ꦲꦪꦸꦤ꧀ (ayun).

• IPA^(key): /əˈjun/ [əˈjun]
• Hyphenation: a‧yun

ayun

1. earthquake

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hayun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ayun (“to swing, oscillate”), from Proto-Austronesian *ayun (“to swing, oscillate”).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /pon/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /pʊn/
• Rhymes: -yun, -un

ayun (plural ayun-ayun)

1. to swing

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

Borrowed from Dutch ajuin.

• IPA^(key): /ajuŋ/, /ajun/, [a̠jũŋ], [ɑ̟juŋ]

ayun

1. onion

• Aukan: ayun
• → Kari'na: ajunu, junu

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “ayun”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

From a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ yùn (“to cut something with a saw”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.jũ̀/

ayùn

1. saw

   Ó mú ayùn gé irin ― He used a saw to cut the metal