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Asturian
Noun
ayos
- plural of ayu
Spanish
Noun
ayos m pl
- plural of ayo
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *áyus (“to arrange, make something neat or proper”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔajos/ (“order; condition; position; form, appearance”, noun; “OK; proper; correct; presentable”, adjective; “great!”, interjection)
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈjos/ (“in order; dressed up; prepared; settled”, adjective)
- Syllabification: a‧yos
Noun
ayos (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜐ᜔)
- order; arrangement
- Antonym: gulo
- condition; situation
- position; placement
- form; appearance
- settlement (as of a dispute)
Derived terms
Adjective
ayos (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜐ᜔)
- (colloquial) alright; OK
- proper; fit suitable
- right; correct
- presentable; fit to be seen
See also
Interjection
ayos (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜐ᜔)
- (colloquial) expression of gladness and content about something: great!; alright!
Ang ganda ng pagkakapinta mo! Ayos!- The way you paint is good! Great!
See also
Adjective
ayós (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜐ᜔)
- in order; put in order
- dressed up
- finished; prepared
- settled; decided (amicably)
Further reading
- “ayos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*áyus”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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