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You can make 4 words from ayu according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of ayu

ayu yau auy uay yua uya

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Definitions and meaning of ayu

ayu

Etymology

From Japanese 鮎 (ayu, “sweetfish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːjuː/

Noun

ayu (usually uncountable, plural ayus)

1. 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)

1. garlic (plant)

Balinese

Romanization

ayu

1. Romanization of ᬳᬬᬸ

Gorontalo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ju/
• Hyphenation: a‧yu
• Rhymes: -ju, -u

Noun

ayu

1. tree
2. wood, timber

Gun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.jú/

Noun

ayú (plural ayú lẹ) (Nigeria)

1. leather

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔà.júː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ̀.júː]

Noun

àyū m (possessed form àyun)

1. 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^(key): [ˈaju]
• Hyphenation: ayu

Adjective

ayu

1. beautiful, pretty
2. 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 Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

ayu

1. Rōmaji transcription of あゆ
2. Rōmaji transcription of アユ

Javanese

Romanization

ayu

1. Romanization of ꦲꦪꦸ

Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ālium

Noun

ayu m (plural ayos)

1. 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^(key): /aju/
• Rhymes: -aju, -ju, -u

Adjective

ayu (Jawi spelling ايو)

1. dainty (Delicately small and pretty)

Further reading

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

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably borrowed 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

1. harmony
2. Alternative spelling of hayu (“good, happiness; welfare; beauty”)
3. Alternative spelling of ayuh, āyuṣa

Derived terms

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

1. a burn (landform)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• aáyù

Etymology

Probably from Portuguese alho

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.jù/

Noun

ayù

1. garlic

Source: wiktionary.org