jao
Translingual
Symbol
jao
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Yanyuwa terms
Estonian
Noun
jao
- genitive singular of jagu
Limburgish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch jâ, from Old Dutch jā, from Proto-West Germanic *jā.
Interjection
jao
Adverb
jao
- of course; after all; as you know; modal particle used like German ja, which compare
- Vier hove ós neet vuur ’t Limburgs te sjame, ouch neet vuur ’t Hollesj, dat is jao ouch ’n taal.
- We needn’t be ashamed of Limburgish, but neither of standard Dutch, that's a language too, after all.
Serbo-Croatian
Interjection
jȁo (Cyrillic spelling ја̏о)
Swedish
Interjection
jao
- (slang) yo (an emphatic conclusion to a statement)
- 2024 March 14, chapter 2 (22:52 from the start), in IFS – invandrare för svenskar[1], season 3, spoken by Orhan Bicen, Sveriges Television:
- Abow, aina igen, jao!
- Damn, the cop again, yo!
- (colloquial) synonym of ja