hiyo

See also: hiyō

English

Etymology

Catchphrase of TV presenter Ed McMahon in response to the quips of Johnny Carson.

Interjection

hiyo

  1. (humorous) Drawing attention to a preceding joke or pun.

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

hiyo

  1. that (which we were just speaking of before)
    • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:
      […] juu ya hilo linalompeleka darini kwa baba yake wakati ule.
      […] about that which had him going to his father's attic at that time.

Inflection

Inflected forms of hiyo
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) huyo hao
m-mi class(III/IV) huo hiyo
ji-ma class(V/VI) hilo hayo
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) hicho hivyo
n class(IX/X) hiyo hizo
u class(XI) huo see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) hapo
ku class(XVII) huko
mu class(XVIII) humo

See also

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hiˈoʔ/ [ˈhjoʔ], /hiˈo/ [ˈhjo]
  • Rhymes: -oʔ, -o
  • Syllabification: hi‧yo

Noun

hiyô or hiyó (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜌᜓ)

  1. a species of small shark

See also

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