ayo

See also: Ayo, ayó, ayọ, and āyo

English

Etymology 1

Combination of hey and yo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.(j)oʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Interjection

ayo

1. (slang) A greeting.

   Synonyms: hey, hi, yo

   • 2004, Michael Daniel Baptiste, Cracked Dreams, page 73:

     "Ayo, Red. It's the homie Spits on the jack for you, blood." "Ayo, homeboy," said Red as he excitedly picked up the telephone receiver. "What's up, fool?"

   • 2007, Reginald L. Hall, In Love with a Thug, page 38:

     “Ayo, wassup, girl,” he said to Keisha as he continued to walk toward the back area where I stood. […] “Ayo, wassup, playa?

   • 2007, Tony J. Ward, Jr., I've Got to Make It to Heaven for Going Through Hell: Part 1, page 39:

     Ayo Toine, you think they'd put me down?

   • 2007, Nikki Turner, Christmas in the Hood, page 289:

     "Ayo, fam, you a'ight down there?" Victorious's cell mate asked.

   • 2008, Treasure Hernandez, Resurrection, page 106:

     "Ayo, ma, where you going?" a dude asked her as she walked by him.

   • 2008, Ashley JaQuavis, The Trophy Wife, page 103:

     "Ayo, Kalil!" a man's voice said from amidst the crowd. Kalil looked up and saw his lil' man, Peanut, distributing packets of heroin and taking money from the fiends.

   • 2010, R Green Damon, Somethin' to Think about, page 197:

     "Ayo, Cee, listen to this shit here," said Matt, passing him his cell.

2. (slang) Used to imply that what was said is inappropriate or "sus".

   Synonym: hold up

   Ayo, what'd you just say?

Etymology 2

From Yoruba ayò, an abridged form of ayò ọlọ́pọ́n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.jo/

Noun

ayo (uncountable)

1. (West Africa) A type of mancala strategy game played by the Yoruba.

See also

• awari
• ayoayo
• oware

Further reading

• Ayoayo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Yao

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare ayom (“to heal”), ayad (“to repair”), and Tagalog ayos (“to repair”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈʔajo/ [ˈʔa.jo]
• (Bohol) IPA^(key): /ˈʔad͡ʒo/ [ˈʔa.d͡ʒo]
• Hyphenation: a‧yo

Verb Root

ayo (Badlit spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

1. to do well

   Synonyms: tarong, nindot

   Ayoha paghugas. ― Wash the dishes well.

2. to do something to an intense degree
3. to fix, repair; restore into working order

   Synonyms: ayad, ayom

4. (of health) to get better
5. to treat people nicely
6. to be on good terms with one another

   Synonym: dait

Conjugation

Affix		Root word		Trigger
ma-		ayo		actor
Aspect
Infinitive		Past/present inchoative		Future/habitual inchoative
maayo		naayo		maayo

Conjugation for ayo (ma- )

Affix		Root word				Trigger
mo-		ayo			actor
Aspect						Imperative
Infinitive		Past/present inchoative		Future/habitual inchoative
moayo		miayo niayo		moayo		pag-ayo

Conjugation for ayo (mo- )

Affix		Root word		Trigger
maka-		ayo		actor
Aspect
Infinitive		Past/present inchoative		Future/habitual inchoative
makaayo		nakaayo		makaayo

Conjugation for ayo (maka- )

Affix		Root word				Trigger
-on		ayo			object
Aspect						Imperative
Infinitive		Past/present inchoative		Future/habitual inchoative
ayohon		giayo		ayohon		ayoha

Conjugation for ayo (-on )

Affix		Root word				Trigger
-an		ayo			object
Aspect						Imperative
Infinitive		Past/present inchoative		Future/habitual inchoative
ayohan		giayohan		ayohan		ayohi

Conjugation for ayo (-an )

Derived terms

• alayohan
• alayohon
• ayo ang buot
• ayoayo
• kaayo
• kaayohan
• kamaayo
• maayo
• minaayo
• paayoayo
• pag-ayo
• pahiayo
• pakaayo

Interjection

ayo (Badlit spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

1. said in place of knocking, or looking for people: hello?; knock knock!

   Ayo? Naay tawo? ― Knock knock! Anybody there?

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

ayo (inanimate)

1. Obsolete spelling of āyoh.

Hiligaynon

Noun

ayô

1. a pet name
2. bargain, discount

Verb

ayô

1. to ask or request

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ayuh, ayo, from Classical Malay ايوه (ayuh), ايو (ayo). Cognate of Malay ayuh, Javanese ꦲꦪꦺꦴ (ayo, “come on, let's, please”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈajo/ [ˈa.jo]
• Rhymes: -ajo
• Syllabification: a‧yo

Interjection

ayo

1. (informal) come on!

   Ayo beli baju Hishiro sekarang!

   Come on, get your own Hishiro clothes now!

Alternative forms

• ayuh (Standard Malay)
• hayo

Synonyms

• jom (Standard Malay, informal)
• mari (polite)

Further reading

• “ayo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

ayo

1. Romanization of ꦲꦪꦺꦴ

Kamkata-viri

Etymology

Borrowed from a descendant of Sanskrit अजाजि (ajāji).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈjo/

Noun

ayo (Kamviri, Western Kata-viri)^[1]

1. cumin

References

1. Strand, Richard F. (2016) “âi′o”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

Musi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ. Compare to Indonesian air, Urak Lawoi' อาเย (ayë).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.jɔ/
• Hyphenation: a‧yo

Noun

ayo

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

   Synonym: banyu

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• ayó (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Spanish adiós and Portuguese adeus.

Interjection

ayo

1. goodbye
2. farewell

Portuguese

Noun

ayo m (plural ayos, feminine aya, feminine plural ayas)

1. Obsolete spelling of aio.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin avius, masculinized from Latin avia (“grandmother”), whence Spanish aya.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʝo/ [ˈa.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈaʝo/ [ˈa.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈaʃo/ [ˈa.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈaʒo/ [ˈa.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: a‧yo

Noun

ayo m (plural ayos, feminine aya, feminine plural ayas)

1. person who takes care of children, tutor

   Synonym: tutor

Further reading

• “ayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔajoʔ/ [ˈʔaː.joʔ]
• Rhymes: -ajoʔ
• Syllabification: a‧yo

Noun

ayò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

1. act of taking sides

   Synonyms: kampi, pagkampi, katig, pagkatig

Derived terms

• ayo-ayo
• ayuan
• iayo
• kaayo
• mag-ayo
• pag-ayo
• umayo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔajoʔ/ [ˈʔaː.joʔ]
    • Rhymes: -ajoʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈjo/ [ʔɐˈjo] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: a‧yo

Noun

ayò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

1. consenting; acquiescence (especially to a wrong conduct or behavior)

   Synonyms: konsenti, pagkonsenti

Derived terms

• ipaayo
• mapaayo

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈjoʔ/ [ʔɐˈjoʔ]
    • Rhymes: -oʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔajo/ [ˈʔaː.jo] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: a‧yo

Noun

ayô (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

1. Tetrastigma serrulatum (a tendril-bearing woody vine)

Further reading

• “ayo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• yao, Yao

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.jo/

Noun

ayo

1. older sibling

   ayo da at ― older brother

   ayo da papa ― older sister

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Yami

Noun

ayo

1. river; stream; brook

Yoruba

Yoruba Wikipedia has an article on:

Ayò ọlọ́pọ́n

Wikipedia ^yo

Ewé ayò (1)

Àwọn ọmọ tó ń ta ayò (3)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.jò/

Noun

ayò

1. Any of a variety of plants including Guilandina bonduc and Corchorus olitorius (ewédú)
2. The seeds of the ayò plant

   Synonym: ọmọ ayò

3. The strategy game ayo, a variety of the mancala or oware game played by the Yoruba, of which the seeds of the ayò plant are used in the game

   Synonyms: ayò ọlọ́pọ́n, ayòayò, awò, ayò jẹ̀rin, ayò kàrè, ayò jòdù-jòdù

   bí ayò ó bá wọ ọ̀ta lára, á dígbà sọ ìsọkúsọ

   When an expert ayo player becomes over-excited while ayo, he will occasionally utter some gibberish

   (proverb on over-excitement)

4. (by extension) A general term for any strategic game, competition, or pastime, hobby

   mo pa á ní ayò ― I won in a game

Derived terms

• agbọndan ayò (“longitudinal row of ayò holes”)
• aláyò (“someone who plays the ayo game”)
• ojúlé ayò (“the holes in the ayo board”)
• ọmọ ayò (“ayo pieces”)
• ọpọ́n ayò (“Ayo board, mancala board”)
• ta ayò (“to play ayo”)
• àmì ayò (“a point in competitive sport”)
• òdù ayò (“The hole in an ayo game board filled with seeds”)

Descendants

• → English: ayo

Yurumanguí

Noun

ayo

1. river

References

• Prehistoria: Lenguas y dialectos indigenas de Colombia (Luis Duque Gómez, Sergio Elías Ortiz, 1965), citing Romero's wordlist