yō

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yo"

Japanese

Romanization

yō

1. Rōmaji transcription of よう

Mandarin

Romanization

yō (yo¹, Zhuyin ㄧㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 唷
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喲 / 哟

Mwotlap

Etymology

From Proto-Torres-Banks *rua, from Proto-North-Central Vanuatu *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʊ/

Numeral

yō

1. two

Usage notes

The citation form is the prefixed numeral vōyō (“two”).

References

• François, Alexandre. 2025. Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. (Pdf version) – entry yō.