paio

See also: Paio

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish payo (“non-Romani”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpa.ju]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpa.jo]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

paio m (plural paios, feminine paia, feminine plural paies)

1. (colloquial) dude, man (losing its original meaning of non-Romani)

   Synonyms: soci, tio

   Aquell paio és estrany, no enraona amb ningú.

   That dude is weird, he doesn't listen to anyone.

2. (colloquial) gadjo (non-Romani)

   Era l’únic músic paio del grup.

   He was the only non-Romani musician in the group.

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “paio”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “paio”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Galician-Portuguese Paio, a personal name, from Late Latin Pelagius. Cognate with Portuguese paio, palaio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpajʊ]

Noun

paio m (plural paios)

1. caecum (intestine)

   Synonym: paiolo

2. type of cured sausage

   Synonym: paiolo

Adjective

paio (feminine paia, masculine plural paios, feminine plural paias)

1. simple, unsophisticated, unintelligent

   Synonyms: pailán, paiolo

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “paio”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “paio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “paio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “paio”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hawaiian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpai̯.o/, [ˈpɐj.jo], [ˈpɛj.jo] (rapid speech)

Verb

paio(transitive)

1. to fight, to quarrel

   Synonyms: hakakā, kaua

2. to contend

Derived terms

• hoa paio (“opponent”)
• hoʻopaio (causative)

Noun

paio

1. fight, quarrel, argument, conflict

   Synonym: hakakā

Further reading

• paio in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Italian

Etymology 1

Back-formation as a masculine noun from the plural paia, from Latin paria (“even, equal”, neuter plural of pār). Cognate with Sicilian paru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.jo/
• Rhymes: -ajo
• Hyphenation: pà‧io

Noun

paio m (plural paia f)

1. pair

   Alternative form: (central Italy) paro

   Synonym: coppia

   il secondo paio di nervi cranici ― the second pair of cranial nerves

   tre paia di calzini ― three pairs of socks

Derived terms

• appaiare
• spaiare

Related terms

• pari (see there for its descendants)

Etymology 2

Verb

paio

1. first-person singular present indicative of parere

Makasar

Etymology

From pa- +‎ io (“yes”).

Verb

paio (Lontara spelling ᨄᨕᨗᨕᨚ)

1. (transitive) to make someone say yes; to ask for someone's consent

   Tena tau soleng taripaiona

   No one dies without having been asked to say yes to it (based on the belief that a person consents to die before death).

   Matemakontu mate taripaionu

   Die then before your consent is asked.

   Salloi kupaio-io nanampa eroʼ ammio

   I tried for a long time to make him say yes and only then did he want to agree.

Noun

paio (Lontara spelling ᨄᨕᨗᨕᨚ)

1. fate; assigned lot

   Kakammatongi seng inakke paioku

   For such is indeed my fate.

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaj.u/ [ˈpaɪ̯.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaj.u/ [ˈpaɪ̯.u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaj.o/ [ˈpaɪ̯.o]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpaj.u/

• Homophone: Paio
• Hyphenation: pai‧o

Noun

paio m (plural paios)

1. (cooking) a Portuguese enchido with pork meat, ticker than chourizo
2. (Portugal, informal) luck

See also

• chouriço

Further reading

• “paio”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “paio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026