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ayu.

beautiful, pretty

3 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈaju/Standard-Indonesian[ˈa.ju]Standard-Indonesian

  1. beautiful, pretty

  2. lovely

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay ayu, from Javanese ꦲꦪꦸ (ayu, “beautiful, pretty”), from Old Javanese ayu, hayu (“good, virtuousness, welfare, happiness; beauty, loveliness”).

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