ayo

Combination of hey and yo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.(j)oʊ/

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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?

From Yoruba ayò, an abridged form of ayò ọlọ́pọ́n.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.jo/

ayo (uncountable)

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

• Ayoayo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Yao

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.jo/

ayo class III gender f

1. shell

• SIL International (2020) “Abau Dictionary”, in Webonary.org‎^[2]

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

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

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

ayo (Badlit spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

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

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

ayo (inanimate)

1. obsolete spelling of āyoh

ayô

1. a pet name
2. bargain, discount

ayô

1. to ask or request

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

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

ayo

1. (informal) come on!

   Synonym: (polite) mari

   Ayo beli baju Hishiro sekarang!

   Come on, get your own Hishiro clothes now!

• ayuh (Standard Malay)
• hayo

• jom (Standard Malay, informal)

• “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.

ayo

1. romanization of ꦲꦪꦺꦴ

Borrowed from a descendant of Sanskrit अजाजि (ajāji).

• IPA^(key): /aˈjo/

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

1. cumin

From earlier *ayar, doublet of Proto-Malayic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ (“fresh water; steam, river”). Cognate with Indonesian air, Urak Lawoi' อาเย (ayë).

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

ayo

1. (Musi, Pegagan) water (clear liquid H₂O)

   Synonyms: banyu, (Palembang, Coastal) aér, (Penesak) aé'

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wahiR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• ayó (alternative spelling)

From Spanish adiós and Portuguese adeus.

ayo

1. goodbye
2. farewell

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

1. obsolete spelling of aio

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

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: a‧yo

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

1. person who takes care of children, tutor

   Synonym: tutor

• “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], 10 December 2024

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

ayò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

1. act of taking sides

   Synonyms: kampi, pagkampi, katig, pagkatig

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

ayò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

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

   Synonyms: konsenti, pagkonsenti

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

ayô (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)

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

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

• yao, Yao

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.jo/

ayo

1. older sibling

   ayo da at ― older brother

   ayo da papa ― older sister

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics

ayo

1. river; stream; brook

• IPA^(key): /ā.jò/

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 , 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

• → English: ayo

ayo

1. river

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