jao

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See also: Jao, JAO, and ja'o

Estonian

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Noun

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jao

  1. genitive singular of jagu

Limburgish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch , from Old Dutch , from Proto-West Germanic *jā.

Interjection

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jao

  1. yes

Adverb

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jao

  1. of course; after all; as you know; modal particle used like German ja, which compare
    Vier hove ós neet vuur ’t Limburgs te sjame, ouch neet vuur ’t Hollesj, dat is jao ouch ’n taal.
    We needn’t be ashamed of Limburgish, but neither of standard Dutch, that's a language too, after all.

Serbo-Croatian

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Interjection

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jȁo (Cyrillic spelling ја̏о)

  1. woe, alas
    Jao meni!
    Woe is me!

Swedish

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Interjection

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jao

  1. (slang) yo (an emphatic conclusion to a statement)
  2. (colloquial) Synonym of ja

References

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