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

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

ayun (first-person possessive ayunku, second-person possessive ayunmu, third-person possessive ayunnya)

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

• “ayun” 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.

ayun

1. earthquake

Borrowed from Dutch ajuin.

ayun

1. onion

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