kayuh

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.jʊh/

Verb

kayuh

1. to row using oar
2. to cycle
3. to persist (on something)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• gayuh (nonstandard)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kayuh. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.jʊh/
• Rhymes: -jʊh, -ʊh, -h
• Hyphenation: ka‧yuh

Noun

kayuh

1. oar (a type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat)
2. pedal (a lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano)

   Synonym: pedal

Verb

kayuh (active mengayuh, passive dikayuh, perfective passive terkayuh) (transitive or intransitive)

1. to row (to propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars)
2. to pedal
   1. to operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion
   2. to operate a bicycle

Derived terms

Affixed terms

• berkayuh
• kayuhkan
• pengayuh
• pengayuhan
• terkayuh
• terkayuhkan

 

Further reading

• “kayuh” 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.

Kelabit

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

Noun

kayuh

1. wood
2. tree

Lun Bawang

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.

Noun

kayuh

1. wood
2. tree

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kayuh/
• Rhymes: -ayuh, -yuh, -uh
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈkä.jʊh, -joh, -jo̞h]

Noun

kayuh (Jawi spelling کايوه, plural kayuh-kayuh, informal 1st possessive kayuhku, 2nd possessive kayuhmu, 3rd possessive kayuhnya)

1. oar

   Synonym: dayung

2. pedal

Descendants

• > Indonesian: kayuh (inherited)

Verb

kayuh (Jawi spelling کايوه)

1. to row using oar
2. to cycle

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pengayuh [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pengayuhan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• kayuhan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• mengayuh [agent focus] (meN-)
• dikayuh [patient focus] (di-)
• terkayuh [agentless action] (teR-)
• berkayuh [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: kayuh

Further reading

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