dayo

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dáyu. Compare Central Bikol dayo and Tagalog dayo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧yo
• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈdajo/ [ˈd̪a.jo]
• (Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA^(key): /ˈdad͡ʒo/ [ˈd̪a.d͡ʒo]

Noun

dayo

1. a foreigner; a person from a foreign country; an alien

   Synonyms: dumuduong, langyaw

2. an immigrant; a person who comes to a country from another country in order to permanently settle there

   Synonyms: dumuduong, langyaw

3. a transient; a person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker

   Synonym: dumuduong

4. a stranger; a newcomer

   Synonym: dumuduong

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dáyu. Compare Cebuano dayo and Tagalog dayo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdajo/ [ˈd̪a.jo]
• Hyphenation: da‧yo

Noun

dáyo (Basahan spelling ᜇᜌᜓ)

1. a travel (for a specific purpose)

   Synonym: biyahe

Derived terms

• dayohan
• magdayo

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• damayo

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧yo
• IPA^(key): /daˈjoʔ/ [d̪aˈjoʔ]

Noun

dayô (Basahan spelling ᜇᜌᜓ)

1. (Naga, angry register) dog

   Synonym: gadya

See also

• ayam
• ido

Lindu

Noun

dayo

1. cemetery; grave

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• rayo — dialectal, Rizal

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dáyu (“stranger, foreigner; guest”). Compare Central Bikol dayo and Cebuano dayo. See also Javanese ꦝꦪꦺꦴꦃ (dhayoh, “guest, visitor”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdajo/ [ˈd̪aː.jo]
• Rhymes: -ajo
• Syllabification: da‧yo

Noun

dayo (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜓ)

1. alien; foreigner

   Synonyms: dayuhan, banyaga

2. stranger

   Synonyms: tagalabas, estranghero

3. immigrant; emigrant
4. immigration
5. visit to a place not one's own

Derived terms

• dayuhan
• dayuhin
• dumayo
• magdayuhan
• mandayuhan
• pagdayo
• pagdayuhan
• pagdayuhin
• pandarayuhan
• pandayo

Further reading

• “dayo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dáyu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• adyo