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ayo

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ayo"

English

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Etymology 1

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Combination of hey and yo.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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ayo

  1. (slang) A greeting.
    Synonyms: hey, hi, yo
    • 2004, Michael Daniel Baptiste, Cracked Dreams, page 73:
      "Ayo, Red. It's the homie Spits on the jack for you, blood." "Ayo, homeboy," said Red as he excitedly picked up the telephone receiver. "What's up, fool?"
    • 2007, Reginald L. Hall, In Love with a Thug, page 38:
      “Ayo, wassup, girl,” he said to Keisha as he continued to walk toward the back area where I stood. […] “Ayo, wassup, playa?
    • 2007, Tony J. Ward, Jr., I've Got to Make It to Heaven for Going Through Hell: Part 1, page 39:
      Ayo Toine, you think they'd put me down?
    • 2007, Nikki Turner, Christmas in the Hood, page 289:
      "Ayo, fam, you a'ight down there?" Victorious's cell mate asked.
    • 2008, Treasure Hernandez, Resurrection, page 106:
      "Ayo, ma, where you going?" a dude asked her as she walked by him.
    • 2008, Ashley JaQuavis, The Trophy Wife, page 103:
      "Ayo, Kalil!" a man's voice said from amidst the crowd. Kalil looked up and saw his lil' man, Peanut, distributing packets of heroin and taking money from the fiends.
    • 2010, R Green Damon, Somethin' to Think about, page 197:
      "Ayo, Cee, listen to this shit here," said Matt, passing him his cell.
  2. (slang) Used to imply that what was said is inappropriate, perhaps sexually so.
    Synonym: hold up
    Ayo, what'd you just say?

Etymology 2

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From Yoruba ayò, an abridged form of ayò ọlọ́pọ́n.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ayo (uncountable)

  1. (West Africa) A type of mancala strategy game played by the Yoruba.

See also

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Abau

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ayo class III gender f

  1. shell

References

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  • SIL International (2020), “Abau Dictionary”, in Webonary.org‎[2]

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Compare ayom (“to heal”), ayad (“to repair”), and Tagalog ayos (“to repair”).

Pronunciation

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Root

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ayo (Badlit spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

  1. to do well
    Synonyms: tarong, nindot
    Ayoha paghugas. ― Wash the dishes well.
  2. to do something to an intense degree
  3. to fix, repair; restore into working order
    Synonyms: ayad, ayom
  4. (of health) to get better
  5. to treat people nicely
  6. to be on good terms with one another
    Synonym: dait

Conjugation

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Conjugation for ayo (ma- )
affix ma-
root word ayo
trigger actor
aspect
infinitive maayo
past/present inchoative naayo
future/habitual inchoative maayo
Conjugation for ayo (mo- )
affix mo-
root word ayo
trigger actor
aspect
infinitive moayo
past/present inchoative miayo
niayo
future/habitual inchoative moayo
imperative pag-ayo
Conjugation for ayo (maka- )
affix maka-
root word ayo
trigger actor
aspect
infinitive makaayo
past/present inchoative nakaayo
future/habitual inchoative makaayo
Conjugation for ayo (-on )
affix -on
root word ayo
trigger object
aspect
infinitive ayohon
past/present inchoative giayo
future/habitual inchoative ayohon
imperative ayoha
Conjugation for ayo (-an )
affix -an
root word ayo
trigger object
aspect
infinitive ayohan
past/present inchoative giayohan
future/habitual inchoative ayohan
imperative ayohi

Derived terms

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Interjection

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ayo (Badlit spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

  1. said in place of knocking, or looking for people: hello?; knock knock!
    Ayo? Naay tawo? ― Knock knock! Anybody there?

Classical Nahuatl

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Noun

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ayo (inanimate)

  1. obsolete spelling of āyoh

Hiligaynon

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Noun

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ayô

  1. a pet name
  2. bargain, discount

Verb

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ayô

  1. to ask or request

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay ayuh, ayo, from Classical Malay ايوه (ayuh), ايو (ayo). Cognate of Malay ayuh and Javanese ꦲꦪꦺꦴ (ayo, “come on, let's, please”).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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ayo

  1. (informal) come on!
    Synonym: (polite) mari
    Ayo beli baju Hishiro sekarang!
    Come on, get your own Hishiro clothes now!

Verb

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ayo

  1. (informal) to let us

Alternative forms

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Synonyms

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  • jom (Standard Malay, informal)

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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ayo

  1. romanization of ꦲꦪꦺꦴ

Kamkata-viri

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Middle Indo-Aryan form *ayāyi, from Sanskrit अजाजि (ajāji).

Noun

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ayó m (Western, Southeastern)[1]

  1. cumin

References

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  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “âi′o”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[1]

Musi

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Etymology

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From earlier *ayar, doublet of Proto-Malayic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ (“fresh water; steam, river”). Cognate with Indonesian air, Urak Lawoi' อาเย (ayë).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ajɔ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧yo

Noun

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ayo

  1. (Musi, Pegagan) water (clear liquid H₂O)
    Synonyms: banyu, (Palembang, Coastal) aér, (Penesak) aé'

Further reading

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

Papiamentu

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Alternative forms

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  • ayó (alternative spelling)

Etymology

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From Spanish adiós and Portuguese adeus.

Interjection

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ayo

  1. goodbye
  2. farewell

Portuguese

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Noun

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ayo m (plural ayos, feminine aya, feminine plural ayas)

  1. obsolete spelling of aio

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin avius, masculinized from Latin avia (“grandmother”), whence Spanish aya. Compare Portuguese aio.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aʝo
  • Syllabification: a‧yo

Noun

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ayo m (plural ayos, feminine aya, feminine plural ayas)

  1. person who takes care of children, tutor
    Synonym: tutor

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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ayò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

  1. act of taking sides
    Synonyms: kampi, pagkampi, katig, pagkatig
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ayò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

  1. consenting; acquiescence (especially to a wrong conduct or behavior)
    Synonyms: konsenti, pagkonsenti
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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ayô (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

  1. Tetrastigma serrulatum (a tendril-bearing woody vine)

Further reading

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  • “ayo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

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West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ayo

  1. older sibling
    ayo da at ― older brother
    ayo da papa ― older sister

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[3], Pacific linguistics

Yami

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Noun

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ayo

  1. river; stream; brook

Yoruba

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Yoruba Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia yo
Ewé ayò (1)
Àwọn ọmọ tó ń ta ayò (3)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ayò

  1. Any of a variety of plants including Guilandina bonduc and Corchorus olitorius (ewédú)
  2. The seeds of the ayò plant
    Synonym: ọmọ ayò
  3. The strategy game ayo, a variety of the mancala or oware game played by the Yoruba, of which the seeds of the ayò plant are used in the game
    Synonyms: ayò ọlọ́pọ́n, ayòayò, awò, ayò jẹ̀rin, ayò kàrè, ayò jòdù-jòdù
    bí ayò ó bá wọ ọ̀ta lára, á dígbà sọ ìsọkúsọ
    When an expert ayo player becomes over-excited while ayo, he will occasionally utter some gibberish
    (proverb on over-excitement)
  4. (by extension) A general term for any strategic game, competition, or pastime, hobby
    mo pa á ní ayò ― I won in a game

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → English: ayo

Yurumanguí

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Noun

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ayo

  1. river

References

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  • Prehistoria: Lenguas y dialectos indigenas de Colombia (Luis Duque Gómez, Sergio Elías Ortiz, 1965), citing Romero's wordlist
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