ayo

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See also: Ayo, ayó, ayọ, and āyo

English

Etymology 1

Combination of hey and yo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.(j)oʊ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Interjection

ayo

  1. (slang) A greeting.
    Synonyms: hey, hi, yo
    • 2004, Michael Daniel Baptiste, Cracked Dreams, page 73:
      "Ayo, Red. It's the homie Spits on the jack for you, blood." "Ayo, homeboy," said Red as he excitedly picked up the telephone receiver. "What's up, fool?"
    • 2007, Reginald L. Hall, In Love with a Thug, page 38:
      “Ayo, wassup, girl,” he said to Keisha as he continued to walk toward the back area where I stood. […] “Ayo, wassup, playa?
    • 2007, Tony J. Ward, Jr., I've Got to Make It to Heaven for Going Through Hell: Part 1, page 39:
      Ayo Toine, you think they'd put me down?
    • 2007, Nikki Turner, Christmas in the Hood, page 289:
      "Ayo, fam, you a'ight down there?" Victorious's cell mate asked.
    • 2008, Treasure Hernandez, Resurrection, page 106:
      "Ayo, ma, where you going?" a dude asked her as she walked by him.
    • 2008, Ashley JaQuavis, The Trophy Wife, page 103:
      "Ayo, Kalil!" a man's voice said from amidst the crowd. Kalil looked up and saw his lil' man, Peanut, distributing packets of heroin and taking money from the fiends.
    • 2010, R Green Damon, Somethin' to Think about, page 197:
      "Ayo, Cee, listen to this shit here," said Matt, passing him his cell.
  2. (slang) Used to imply that what was said is inappropriate or "sus".
    Synonym: hold up
    Ayo, what'd you just say?

Etymology 2

From Yoruba ayò, an abridged form of ayò ọlọ́pọ́n.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ayo (not comparable)

  1. (West Africa) A strategy game.

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

ayo (inanimate)

  1. Obsolete spelling of āyoh

Hiligaynon

Noun

ayô

  1. a pet name
  2. bargain, discount

Verb

ayô

  1. to ask or request

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ayuh, ayo, from Classical Malay ايوه (ayuh), ايو (ayo). Cognate of Malay ayuh, Javanese ayo (ꦲꦪꦺꦴ, “come on, let's, please”).

Pronunciation

Interjection

ayo

  1. (informal) come on!
    Ayo beli baju Hishiro sekarang!
    Come on, get your own Hishiro clothes now!

Alternative forms

Synonyms

  • jom (Standard Malay, informal)
  • mari (polite)

Further reading

Musi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ. Compare to Indonesian air, Urak Lawoi' อาเย (ayë).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.jɔ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧yo

Noun

ayo

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)
    Synonym: banyu

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

  • ayó (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Spanish adiós and Portuguese adeus.

Interjection

ayo

  1. goodbye
  2. farewell

Portuguese

Noun

ayo m (plural ayos, feminine aya, feminine plural ayas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of aio

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin avius, masculinized from Latin avia (“grandmother”), whence Spanish aya.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈaʝo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈaʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈaʒo/

  • Rhymes: -aʝo
  • Syllabification: a‧yo

Noun

ayo m (plural ayos, feminine aya, feminine plural ayas)

  1. person who takes care of children, tutor
    Synonym: tutor

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

ayò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

  1. act of taking sides
    Synonyms: kampi, pagkampi, katig, pagkatig
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ayò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

  1. consenting; acquiescence (especially to a wrong conduct or behavior)
    Synonyms: konsenti, pagkonsenti
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

ayô (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

  1. Tetrastigma serrulatum (a tendril-bearing woody vine)

Further reading

  • “ayo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

West Makian

Pronunciation

Noun

ayo

  1. older sibling
    ayo da at ― older brother
    ayo da papa ― older sister

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Yami

Noun

ayo

  1. river; stream; brook

Yoruba

Yoruba Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia yo
Ewé ayò (1)
Àwọn ọmọ tó ń ta ayò (3)

Pronunciation

Noun

ayò

  1. Any of a variety of plants including Guilandina bonduc and Corchorus olitorius (ewédú)
  2. The seeds of the ayò plant
    Synonym: ọmọ ayò
  3. The strategy game ayo, a variety of the mancala or oware game played by the Yoruba, of which the seeds of the ayò plant are used in the game
    Synonyms: ayò ọlọ́pọ́n, ayòayò, awò, ayò jẹ̀rin, ayò kàrè, ayò jòdù-jòdù
    bí ayò ó bá wọ ọ̀ta lára, á dígbà sọ ìsọkúsọ
    When an expert ayo player becomes over-excited while ayo, he will occasionally utter some gibberish
    (proverb on over-excitement)
  4. (by extension) A general term for any strategic game, competition, or pastime, hobby
    mo pa á ní ayò ― I won in a game

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: ayo

Yurumanguí

Noun

ayo

  1. river

References

  • Prehistoria: Lenguas y dialectos indigenas de Colombia (Luis Duque Gómez, Sergio Elías Ortiz, 1965), citing Romero's wordlist
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