ayu.

n.  the Burmese word for “fool.”

<[A] soccer match is one of the few occasions when ordinary Burmese can give vent to their anger and frustrations.  Marshall attends a soccer match in Rangoon where the audience, in unison, shouts “ayu, ayu, ayu, ayu,” or “fool, fool, fool, fool,” at a portly colonel who is there to present a trophy to the winning team.  When Marshall asks a fellow spectator how they dare to do this, the reply is simple: There are too many people taking part in this open ridicule.  Gatherings of more than five people are technically illegal in Burma, but at a soccer match disgruntled civilians can sit together and scream abuse until they are hoarse.  And unless the authorities want to arrest 5,000 rowdy fans, there is little they can do to stop the ridicule.  —Bertil Linter, “Book Review: The Trouser People by Andrew Marshall,” Far Eastern Economic Review.>

Ayuy.

n.  a populated place in the Morona-Santiago region of Ecuador.

Ayy Aay Ay Ay.

n.  the name of a mariachi album by El Mariachi Arriba Juarez.

Ayyu.

n.  a stream in Kyrgyzstan.

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