ayun

• IPA^(key): /a.jun/

ayun

1. cradle

ayun

1. to lift and throw away
2. to swing (back and forth)

From Malay ayun, from Proto-Malayic *ayun (“to swing, oscillate”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ayun (“to swing, oscillate”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈajʊn/
• Hyphenation: ayun

ayun (plural ayun-ayun)

1. swing, swinging: the act or motion of that which swings

• “ayun”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hayun (“shake, sway, swing”). Compare Cebuano hayon, Malay ayun, and Javanese ꦲꦪꦸꦤ꧀ (ayun).

• IPA^(key): /əˈjun/ [əˈjʊn]
• Hyphenation: a‧yun

ayun

1. earthquake

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hayun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• hayun

From Proto-Malayic *ayun (“to swing, oscillate”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ayun (“to swing, oscillate”).

• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˈajun/ [ˈa.jun]

• (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): /ˈajon/ [ˈa.jon]
• Rhymes: -jun, -un
• Hyphenation: a‧yun

ayun (Jawi spelling هايون)

1. to swing; to sway; to rock (to move back and forth or from side to side).

   Synonyms: buai, goyang

   Jangan ayun buaian itu terlalu laju.

   Do not swing the cradle too fast.

2. to swing (to move an object, like an arm or a weapon, in a sweeping motion).

   Askar itu cuba ayun pedangnya ke arah musuh.

   The soldier tried to swing his sword towards the enemy.

   Dia berjalan sambil ayun tangan.

   He walks while swinging his arms.

• In formal or written Malay, the active affixed forms mengayun or mengayunkan (to swing something) and berayun (to be swinging) are much more commonly used than the bare root word.

• > Indonesian: ayun (inherited)

• "ayun" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Borrowed from Dutch ajuin.

• IPA^(key): /ajuŋ/, /ajun/, [a̠jũŋ], [ɑ̟juŋ]

ayun

1. onion

• Aukan: ayun
• → Kari'na: ajunu, junu

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “ayun”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

From a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ yùn (“to cut something with a saw”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.jũ̀/

ayùn

1. saw

   Ó mú ayùn gé irin ― He used a saw to cut the metal