layū

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *laRiw (“run, run away, flee, escape”). Cognate of Malay lari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ju/
• Rhymes: -ju
• Homophone: layu
• Hyphenation: la‧yū

Verb

layū

1. to run
2. to flee

Derived terms

• alalaywan
• alayū
• amalaywakĕn
• apalaywan
• apapalayun
• apapalaywan
• kapalayū
• malaywakĕn
• malaywi
• malayū
• palaywan
• palayū
• papalayun
• pinalaywakĕn
• pinalaywan

 

• rara malayu

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦭꦪꦸ (layu, “running pace; runner, courier”)
• → Balinese: ᬮᬬᬹ (layu, “course, walk, flight”)

Further reading

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