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Translingual
Symbol
jao
- (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yanyuwa.
See also
Estonian
Noun
jao
- genitive singular of jagu
Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch jâ, from Old Dutch jā, from Proto-West Germanic *jā.
Interjection
jao
- yes
Adverb
jao
- 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)
- woe, alas
Swedish
Interjection
jao
- (slang) yo (an emphatic conclusion to a statement)
- (colloquial) synonym of ja
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