hiyo

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See also: hiyō

English

Etymology

Catchphrase of TV presenter Ed McMahon in response to the quips of Johnny Carson.

Interjection

hiyo

  1. (humorous) Drawing attention to a preceding joke or pun.

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

hiyo

  1. that (which we were just speaking of before)
    • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:
      […] juu ya hilo linalompeleka darini kwa baba yake wakati ule.
      about that which had him going to his father's attic at that time.

Inflection

Inflected forms of hiyo
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) huyo hao
m-mi class(III/IV) huo hiyo
ji-ma class(V/VI) hilo hayo
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) hicho hivyo
n class(IX/X) hiyo hizo
u class(XI) huo see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) hapo
ku class(XVII) huko
mu class(XVIII) humo

See also

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

hiyô or hiyó (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜌᜓ)

  1. a species of small shark

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