Ayu 2

English: predictable; strategy, method, trickery

Bahasa Malaysia:
doo' ayu, good strategy, i.e. smart, clever
ayu neh, improbable


Source: Peter Martin's Kelabit Dictionary


Examples


Kapeh teh ayu' dih?
How does it look?

kineh ayu'
naturally like that, just like that


Related to Ayu 2


ayu 1: expression corresponding to "you're it!", used by children chasing each other in a game

ayu': just, only; always, habitually; nature, natural characteristic, appearance

ayud: writing

ayum: affection

ayun 1: shadow, likeness

ayun 2: swing

bayung: spear

dayung: trance; to perform black magic

gayut: instrument for scraping burnt rice, or rice stuck to the bottom, from the bottom of the container

kayuh: wood, tree

layuh: wither

lemayuh (l-em-ayuh): to wither (as a plant withering of its own accord)

linayuh (l-in-ayuh): was made to wither by

mayu (m-ayu): likely, probable

mayung (ng-bayung): to spear

nayud (n-ayud): written

nayum (n-ayum): to be showered with affection, to receive sympathy

nayun (n-ayun): to be seen in the mirror

nayung (ng-dayung): recite an incantation over a sick person to assist his recovery

ngayud (ng-ayud): to write

ngayum (ng-ayum): to shower with affection, to sympathise

ngayun (ng-ayun): to show, tell, or indicate discreetly

ngelayuh (nge-layuh): to make something wither, as by putting it close to the fire

payuh: bearcat, binturong

payung: umbrella

pedayung (pep-dayung): black magician

pelayung: medium-sized earthernware jar

pinayung (p-in-bayung): speared

Dooq mayu ain dih terun. Laq keduih ngen idih.: That sounds good. I’ll have that.