sayo

See also: sa'yo and sáyo

Bikol Central

Noun

sáyo (Basahan spelling ᜐᜌᜓ)

1. the “mourning women”, every Holy Wednesday and black-ankle gown every Good Friday with their faces covered with sheer black veils and their feet protected only by black socks while holding their designated poles bearing tokens from the Passion.

Cebuano

Adjective

sayo

1. early

Higaonon

Adjective

sayo

1. early

Japanese

Romanization

sayo

1. Rōmaji transcription of さよ

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sagum, from Gaulish [Term?].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʝo/ [ˈsa.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʝo/ [ˈsa.ʝo] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʃo/ [ˈsa.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʒo/ [ˈsa.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: sa‧yo

Noun

sayo m (plural sayos)

1. smock
2. doublet
   • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:

     El resto della concluían sayo de velarte, calzas de velludo para las fiestas, con sus pantuflos de lo mesmo, y los días de entresemana se honraba con su vellorí de lo más fino.

     The rest of it went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match for the holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best homespun.

Related terms

• al que le quepa el sayo
• hacer de su capa un sayo
• sayo baquero

Further reading

• “sayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈjo/ [sɐˈjo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: sa‧yo

Contraction

sayó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜓ)

1. informal spelling of sa'yo