yo
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English yo, io, ȝo, yeo, yaw, variant forms of ya, ye (“yes, yea”), from Old English ġēa (“yes, yea”), from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes”), from Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”); or perhaps from Old English ēow (“Wo!, Alas!”, interjection). Compare Danish, Swedish, Norwegian jo (“yes”), Dutch jow (“hi, hey”) and Dutch jo (“hi, hey”). More at yea, ow, ew.
Interjection
yo
- (slang) A greeting similar to hi.
- (slang) An interjection similar to hey.
- Synonyms: ahoy, oi; see also Thesaurus:hey
- Yo, check this out!
- (military slang) Present! Here!
- Sergeant: Smith?
Private Smith: Yo!
- Sergeant: Smith?
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Contraction
yo
- (African-American Vernacular) Contraction of you are.
- Yo a fool.
Determiner
yo
- (colloquial) Eye dialect spelling of your.
- Yo sandwich has only bacon in it. Want some ketchup on that?
Pronoun
yo
- (Baltimore) third-person singular, familiar
- Yo was tuckin' in his shirt! (Stotko and Troyer 2007)
Synonyms
- (greeting): hey, hi; see also Category:Greetings
- (interjection): hey
Etymology 3
Noun
yo
- Abbreviation of year/years old.
Etymology 4
Pronoun
yo (plural yos)
Translations
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Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
From Old Leonese yo, from Vulgar Latin *eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego.
Pronoun
yo
- I (first-person singular pronoun)
Chavacano
Etymology
Pronoun
yo (accusative conmigo)
- I (first-person singular pronoun)
Danish
Etymology
Interjection
yo
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
yo
Guerrero Amuzgo
Adjective
yo
Haitian Creole
Article
yo pl
Usage notes
This word is only used in its article sense when it modifies a plural noun.
See also
- a
- an
- la
- lan
- nan
- sa a (emphatic value)
- yon (indef. art.)
Pronoun
yo (contracted form y)
Interlingue
Pronoun
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- First person singular pronoun; I
Japanese
Romanization
yo
Kristang
Pronoun
yo
See also
Kristang personal pronouns (edit) | ||
---|---|---|
Person | Singular | Plural |
First | yo | nus |
Second | bos | bolotu |
Third | eli | olotu |
References
- ^ 2010, Ladislav Prištic, Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa, Masaryk University, page 26.
Ladino
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eo, from Latin ego.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
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Lingala
Pronoun
yo
- The second-person singular pronoun: you.
See also
References
- “yo” in Compendium of the World's Languages: Ladakhi to Zuni, Volume 2, page 988
Lower Tanana
Noun
yo
References
- James Kari, Lower Tanana Athabaskan Listening and Writing Exercises (1991)
Mandarin
Romanization
yo
- Nonstandard spelling of yō.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English
Etymology 1
Pronoun
yo
- Alternative form of yow
References
- “you, (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 May 2018.
Etymology 2
Pronoun
yo
- Alternative form of heo
References
- “he, pron. (3)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 June 2018.
Noone
Noun
yo (plural yɔ́)
References
- R. Blench, Beboid Comparative
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French yaue, ewe, euwe, egua (“water”), from Latin aqua (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”).
Noun
yo f (plural yos)
Pali
Alternative forms
Pronoun
yo
- masculine nominative singular of ya (“who (relative)”)
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō; akin to Greek εγώ (egó), Sanskrit अहम् (aham), all from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Akin to Italian io.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
yo
- First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I.
See also
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
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first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
voseo | vos | vos | |||||
formal3 | usted | le, se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
formal/general3 | ustedes | les, se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le, se4 | lo | él | |
feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
neuter | ello7 | lo | ello | ||||
plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
reflexive | — | se | sí1 |
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Noun
- (psychoanalysis) Freud's concept of the ego.
Usage notes
- When more pronouns are included in the same sentence, it is considered impolite to say the pronoun yo at first; it must be the last one, and tú must be said after absent (this applies also for ti and mí):
- Iremos Rosa, tú y yo. ― Rosa, you and I will go.
Xhosa
Pronoun
-yo
- Combining stem of yona.
Zulu
Pronoun
-yo
- Combining stem of yona.
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