yao

yao

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Yao.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yao terms

yao (yao⁵ / yao⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄧㄠ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喲 / 哟

yao

1. nonstandard spelling of yāo
2. nonstandard spelling of yáo
3. nonstandard spelling of yǎo
4. nonstandard spelling of yào

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

yao

1. mi class_(IV) inflected form of -ao
2. ma class_(VI) inflected form of -ao
3. n class_(IX) inflected form of -ao

• yaon

Possible back-formation from yaon when used with -g, 'y, or 't causing the ⟨n⟩ to be dropped.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjaʔo/ [ˈjaː.ʔo]
• Rhymes: -aʔo
• Syllabification: ya‧o

yao (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜂ)

1. departure; act of going away or leaving

   Synonyms: alis, lisan, lakad, pagyao, pag-alis, paglisan

2. (euphemistic) dying; passing away; demise

   Synonyms: pagyao, panaw, patay, pagkamatay, kamatayan, pagpanaw, salangit

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

• ayo

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.o/

yao

1. a baby

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Cognate with Ternate nyao.

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.o/

yao

1. fish

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics