layo
See also: laþo
Cebuano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *adayuq.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Cebuano) IPA(key): /laˈjoʔ/ [l̪ɐˈjoʔ]
- (Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA(key): /laˈd͡ʒoʔ/ [l̪ɐˈd͡ʒoʔ]
- (Surigaonon) IPA(key): /jaˈjoʔ/ [jɐˈjoʔ]
- Rhymes: -jo, -dʒo
- Hyphenation: la‧yo
Adjective
layô (plural lagyo, Badlit spelling ᜎᜌᜓ)
Derived terms
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
layo m
- nominative singular of laya (“a brief measure of time”)
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *adayuq (“far”). Compare Cebuano and Hiligaynon layo, Bikol Central rayo, and Ilocano adayo. See also Malay jauh.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈlajoʔ/ [ˈlaː.joʔ] (“distance, farness”, noun)
- Rhymes: -ajoʔ
- IPA(key): /laˈjoʔ/ [lɐˈjoʔ] (“far from each other”, adjective; “state of being far from each other; (act of) going away”, noun; “go away”, interjection)
- Rhymes: -oʔ
- IPA(key): /ˈlajoʔ/ [ˈlaː.joʔ] (“distance, farness”, noun)
- Syllabification: la‧yo
Noun
layò (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜓ)
- distance; farness
- Synonyms: distansiya, agwat, kalayuan, pagkamalayo
Derived terms
- anlayo
- kalayuan
- malayo
- malayo ang loob
- Malayong Silangan
- malayong-malayo
- malayuan
- may kalayuan
- pagkamalayo
See also
- salayo
Adjective
layô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜓ)
- far from each other; away from each other
- Synonyms: hiwalay, magkahiwalay, di-magkasama, di-magkatabi
Derived terms
Noun
layô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜓ)
- state of being far from each other
- Synonyms: pagkakalayo, pagkahiwalay
- act of going away (from a person, thing, or place)
Interjection
layô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜓ)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laˈʔiw/ [lɐˈʔɪʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -iw
- Syllabification: la‧yo
Noun
laýo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜏ᜔)
- obsolete spelling of laiw
Further reading
- “layo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier