jao

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See also: Jao, JAO, and ja'o

Estonian

Noun

jao

  1. genitive singular of jagu

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Interjection

jao

  1. yes

Adverb

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

Interjection

jȁo (Cyrillic spelling ја̏о)

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

Swedish

Interjection

jao

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

References

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