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Translingual

Symbol

yo

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Yoruba.

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

As a greeting first attested in 1859, attested first as a cry of sailors and huntsmen (first attested in the 1400s; compare e.g. huzzah, giddyup). Originally from Middle English yo, io, ȝo, yeo, yaw, variant forms of ya, ye (“yes, yea”), from Old English ġēa (“yes, yea”), from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”); or perhaps from Old English ēow (“Wo!, Alas!”, interjection). Compare Danish, Swedish, German, Norwegian jo (“yes (flexible meaning)”), Dutch jow (“hi, hey”) and Dutch jo (“hi, hey”). More at yea, ow, ew.

Modern popularity apparently dates from World War II (claimed to be a common response at roll calls; see definition 4), and then most intensely attested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; it thence spread globally from American dominance of pop culture post-WWII.

Interjection

yo

  1. (slang) A greeting similar to hi.
    Synonyms: oi, wotcher
    Yo Paulie! How's it going?
  2. (slang) An interjection similar to hey.
    Synonyms: ahoy, oi; see also Thesaurus:hey
    Yo, check this out!
    Check this out, yo!
  3. (slang) An expression of surprise or excitement.
    Yo, that's crazy, but I don't remember asking.
    • 2021 October 2, Mason Cannon, “Don't Feel Pressured To Declare Your Major Right Away”, in Study Breaks‎:
      I have quickly acclimated myself to the standard form of greeting on campus: "Oh hey what’s your name? … Yeah, nice to meet you, what're you studying? … Yo that’s sick!" A script to recite, nearly verbatim, 10 times a day or more.
  4. (military slang) Present! Here!
    Sergeant: Smith?
    Private Smith: Yo!
  5. (chiefly African-American Vernacular) Emphatic conclusion to a statement.
    • 2010, "Kafkaesque" (Breaking Bad TV series, season 3, episode 9)
      JESSE: That is messed up, yo.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From you're, your, etc.

Alternative forms

Determiner

yo

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of your.
    Yo sandwich has only bacon in it. Want some ketchup on that?
Derived terms

Pronoun

yo

  1. (Baltimore) third-person singular, familiar
    Yo was tuckin' in his shirt! (Stotko and Troyer 2007)

Etymology 3

Noun

yo

  1. Abbreviation of year(s) old; also y.o., y/o.
  2. (crochet) Initialism of yarn over.

Etymology 4

From Russian ё (jo).

Pronunciation

Noun

yo (plural yos)

  1. The letter Ё, ё.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 5

Numeral

yo

  1. Short for yoleven.

Etymology 6

From irregular romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 龠 (yuè).

Noun

yo (plural yo or yos)

  1. Obsolete form of yue, a traditional Chinese unit of volume.

See also

Etymology 7

Noun

yo (plural yos)

  1. (knitting) Alternative form of YO:
    1. Abbreviation of yarnover.

Verb

yo (third-person singular simple present yos, present participle yoing, simple past and past participle yoed)

  1. (knitting) Alternative form of YO:
    1. Abbreviation of yarnover.

Anagrams

Afar

Etymology

Cognate with Saho yoo.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

yó

  1. I, me

Usage notes

  • The form yóo is used when the pronoun isn't followed by a clitic.

See also

More information 1st person, 2nd person ...
Afar personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person 3rd person
m f
subject singular anú atú úsuk ís
plural nanú isín úsun
object singular yó kó ká tét
plural né sín kén
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References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “yo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Pronoun

yo m sg or f sg

  1. First-person singular nominative pronoun; I

See also

More information nominative, disjunctive ...
nominative disjunctive dative accusative
first person singular yo me, m'2
plural masculine nusatros1.1 nos1.6
feminine nusatras1.1
second person singular familiar tú te, t'2
formal vusté,1.2 vos
plural familiar masculine vusatros1.3 vos, tos3
feminine vusatras1.3
formal vustés,1.2 vos
third person singular masculine él1.4 le1.7 lo,1.8 l'2
feminine ella1.5 la
plural masculine els, ellos1.4 les1.7 los1.9
feminine ellas1.5 las
reflexive — se, s'2
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Aragonese personal pronouns
  1. The forms shown in the table are the most widespread ones. Some varieties use different forms:
    1. nusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and nusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
    2. usté(s) (Benasquese), ustet(z) (Ansotano), vustet(z) (Tensino, Somontanos)
    3. vusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and vusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
    4. ell(s) (Benasquese) and er(s) (Belsetán).
    5. era(s) (Belsetán).
    6. mos (Ribagorçan). Before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en the contracted form mo' is used.
    7. li(s) (Cheso, Tensino).
    8. el (Ribagorçan). The contracted form l' is used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds and 'l after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
    9. es, els (Ribagorçan). These forms are contracted to 's and 'ls after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
  2. The contracted forms are used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.
  3. In Ribagorçan the contracted form to' is used before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en.

References

  • “yo”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Pronoun

yo

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish yo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʝo/, [ˈʝ͡ʝo]

Pronoun

yo

  1. I (1st person nominative pronoun)

See also

More information person, direct (ang) ...
Chavacano personal pronouns
person direct (ang) indirect (ng) oblique (sa)
singular first yo conmigo de mio
second tu
usted
vos		 contigo
con usted
con vos		 de tuyo
third ele con ele de suyo
plural first inclusive kita kanaton de aton
first exclusive kami kanamon de amon
second kamo
ustedes
vosotros		 kaninyo
con ustedes		 de inyo
de ustedes
third sila
ellos
esos		 kanila
con ellos		 de ila
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Chinese

Etymology

From English yo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

yo

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly university slang) outgoing; sociable

Verb

yo (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly university slang)

  1. to act in an outgoing manner
  2. to socialize with; to interact with
  3. (euphemistic) Used in certain interjections to replace vulgar verbs.

Derived terms

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English yo.

Interjection

yo

  1. (slang) yo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English yo.

Pronunciation

Interjection

yo

  1. (slang) yo (informal greeting, interjection similar to hey)

Guerrero Amuzgo

Adjective

yo

  1. with

Haitian Creole

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Article

yo pl

  1. the

Usage notes

This word is only used in its article sense when it modifies a plural noun.

See also

Pronoun

yo (contracted form y)

  1. they
  2. them

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From ayo.

Interjection

yo

  1. Short for ayo.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English yo.

Interjection

yo

  1. (slang) yo (greeting, interjection similar to hey)

Japanese

Romanization

yo

  1. The hiragana syllable よ (yo) or the katakana syllable ヨ (yo) in Hepburn romanization.

Kristang

Ladino

Lingala

Lower Tanana

Mandarin

Middle English

Noone

Norman

Old Spanish

Pali

Spanish

Tregami

Turkish

West Makian

Xhosa

Yanomamö

Ye'kwana

Yoruba

Zulu

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