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Basque
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
saio inan
- attempt, try, effort
- Synonym: ahalegin
- session
- Synonym: irratsaio
- essay
Declension
Declension of saio (inanimate, ending in vowel)
Further reading
- "saio" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
- “saio” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *sagium, from Latin sagum, cognate of Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos); probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (Apian wrote that the word was considered proper of the Celts of Iberia) and ultimately from Celtic.
Pronunciation
Noun
saio m (plural saios)
- robe
1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:Afonso:
E como està o afillado?
Christobo:
Esse jà quer ir a Escola,
pero porque non tèn sayo
està decote na Eyra
para escorrentar o Gando.- Afonso:
How is doing my godchild?
Christobo:
He already want to go to school,
but since he has no robe
is all the time in the field
for driving away the livestock.
1820, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Os servís e os liberás:Palurdos que vos vestides,
Como eu, de sayo de lá,
Polainas, zocos, monteira,
E un bo baloco na man- Rustics that wear,
as myself, with a woolen robe,
gaiters, clogs, cap
and a good staff in hand
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
saio
- first-person singular present indicative of saír
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of sair
References
- “sayo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “saio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “saio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French saie, from Latin sagum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.jo/
- Rhymes: -ajo
- Hyphenation: sà‧io
Noun
saio m (plural sai)
- habit (worn by a monk)
Further reading
- saio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- saio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- saio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- saio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- saio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
saiō m (genitive saiōnis); third declension
- A sort of torturer or executioner
- An usher
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- saio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aju
- Hyphenation: sai‧o
Verb
saio
- first-person singular present indicative of sair