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Cebuano
Adjective
sayo
- early
Higaonon
Adjective
sayo
- early
Japanese
Romanization
sayo
- Rōmaji transcription of さよ
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sagum, from Gaulish .
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsaʝo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈsaʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsaʒo/
- Rhymes: -aʝo
- Syllabification: sa‧yo
Noun
sayo m (plural sayos)
- smock
- doublet
1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:El resto della concluían sayo de velarte, calzas de velludo para las fiestas, con sus pantuflos de lo mesmo, y los días de entresemana se honraba con su vellorí de lo más fino.- The rest of it went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match for the holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best homespun.
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