kayu

See also: kāyu and Kayu

English

Adjective

kayu (comparative more kayu, superlative most kayu)

  1. (Singapore) Stupid; foolish.

Balinese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Noun

kayu (Balinese script ᬓᬬᬸ)

  1. (medya) wood

Banjarese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Noun

kayu

  1. wood (part of a plant)

Central Dusun

Noun

kayu

  1. tree

Central Siberian Yupik

Noun

kayu

  1. ocean fish

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkajuʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧yu

Noun

kayu

  1. tree
  2. wood (part of a plant)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay kayu, from Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkaju/ [ˈka.ju]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aju
  • Syllabification: ka‧yu

Noun

kayu (plural kayu-kayu)

  1. wood (substance)
  2. wood (wood from a particular species)

Derived terms

  • berkayu
  • kayu-kayuan
  • kekayuan
  • mengayu
  • perkayuan
  • kayu ambon
  • kayu anduan
  • kayu angin
  • kayu api
  • kayu apu
  • kayu apu-apu
  • kayu arang
  • kayu bakar
  • kayu bangunan
  • kayu basung
  • kayu besi
  • kayu bintang
  • kayu bulat
  • kayu cagak
  • kayu celup
  • kayu cendana
  • kayu daun
  • kayu dowel
  • kayu embun
  • kayu gabus
  • kayu gambir
  • kayu gelam
  • kayu gelondong
  • kayu gelondongan
  • kayu gergajian
  • kayu hitam
  • kayu jaran
  • kayu jarum
  • kayu kapur
  • kayu kapur barus
  • kayu kayan
  • kayu keras
  • kayu kesturi
  • kayu ketimuran
  • kayu kuda
  • kayu kunyit
  • kayu lapis
  • kayu liat
  • kayu lilin
  • kayu lintang
  • kayu lunak
  • kayu manis
  • kayu olahan
  • kayu pacat
  • kayu palang
  • kayu pelet
  • kayu pok
  • kayu putih
  • kayu rapat
  • kayu renceh
  • kayu ribu
  • kayu samidra
  • kayu sepat
  • kayu siku-siku
  • kayu silang
  • kayu singapura
  • kayu sugi
  • kayu tahun
  • kayu teja
  • kayu telur
  • kayu timur
  • kayu tulang
  • kayu ular
  • kayu urang

Noun

kayu (plural kayu-kayu)

  1. synonym of gulungan

Further reading

Iranun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

Noun

kayu

  1. tree
  2. wood

Japanese

Romanization

kayu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かゆ

Javanese

Romanization

kayu

  1. romanization of ꦏꦪꦸ

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *kayú, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu, from Proto-Austronesian *iSu. Compare Tagalog kayo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈju/ [kəˈju]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧yu

Pronoun

kayu

  1. (in the plural) you
    Synonyms: kamu, ikamu
  2. (honorific singular) you
    Mekeni kayu pu. ― Come on in, Sir/Ma'am.
    Mangan kayu pu. ― Eat, Sir/Ma'am.
    Mengan nakayo? ― Have you eaten yet?
    Komusta kayo? ― How are you?

Derived terms

See also

Kapampangan personal pronouns
absolute ergative oblique
disjunctive enclitic
first
person 		singular aku/i aku/yaku ku kanaku
plural inclusive ikatamu katamu/tamu tamu/ta kekatamu
plural exclusive ikami, ike kami/ke mi kekami/keke
second
person 		singular ika ka mu keka
plural ikayu/iko kayu/ko yu kekayu/keko
third
person 		singular iya/ya ya na keya/kaya
plural ila la da/ra karela

Limos Kalinga

Noun

kayu

  1. tree

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

kayu

  1. tree

Makasar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaju/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧yu

Noun

kayu (Lontara spelling ᨀᨐᨘ)

  1. wood
  2. (card games) club, one of the four card suits in the traditional omi playing card.

Affixations

  • akkayu
  • turikayu

Compounds

  • kayu jawa
  • kayu naniʼ
  • kayu puli
  • kayu puti
  • kayu tana
  • kayu teʼne

Classifier

kayu (Lontara spelling ᨀᨐᨘ)

  1. Classifier used for animals, or rolls of fabric.
    Patangkayu tedong ― Four buffaloes
    Annangkayu tedong ― Six buffaloes
    Tujukayunna tedong ― Seven buffaloes
    Salapangkayunna tedong ― Seven buffaloes

Further reading

  • A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎[1], Brill, →DOI

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (kāyu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaju/ [ˈka.ju]
  • Rhymes: -aju, -ju, -u
  • Hyphenation: ka‧yu

Noun

kayu (Jawi spelling کايو)

  1. wood (substance)
  2. wood (wood from a particular species)

Adjective

kayu

  1. wooden, made of wood
  2. (figurative) dull, not intelligent
    Kuda kayu ― someone who is stupid (lit. 'wooden horse')
  3. (figurative) As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kayu

Further reading

Mapudungun

Numeral

kayu (Raguileo spelling)

Mapudungun cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : kayu
    Ordinal : ?
  1. six

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Matigsalug Manobo

Noun

kayu

  1. wood
  2. tree

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

Noun

kayu

  1. wood, tree

Derived terms

  • kakayu
  • kakaywan
  • kayon
  • kayu-kayu
  • kaywan
  • kayu katu
  • kayu kuniṅ
  • kayu manis
  • kayu mas
  • kayu sukĕt
  • kayu suwarṇa
  • kayu sĕnö
  • kayu teja

Descendants

Further reading

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

Old Sundanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

Noun

kayu

  1. wood, tree
    • c. 1518, Sanghyang Siksakandang Karesian (Kropak 630):
      "Salang keboan ning alas, kayu batri nangtu, bwah beunang nga-rara(ng)gean..."
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

Pazeh

Proper noun

kayu

  1. a female given name

References

Rayón Zoque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo.

Noun

kayu

  1. horse
  2. animal

Derived terms

  • kayu-makpabʌ
  • kayuꞌi tyaki

References

  • Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 12

Remun

Noun

kayu

  1. food

Tagabawa

Noun

kayu

  1. tree
  2. wood

Yogad

Noun

kayú

  1. tree
  2. wood
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