# saio
## Basque
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /s̺ai̯o/ [s̺ai̯.o]
* Rhymes: -ai̯o
* Hyphenation: sai‧o

### Noun

saio inan
* attempt, try, effort
    Synonym: ahalegin
* session
    Synonym: irratsaio
* essay

#### Derived terms

* saiatu (“try”)

### Further reading

* “saio”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “saio”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *sagium, from Latin sagum, cognate of Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos); probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (Apian wrote that the word was considered proper of the Celts of Iberia) and ultimately from Celtic.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsajʊ]

#### Noun

saio m (plural saios)
* robe
** 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:Afonso: E como està o afillado? Christobo: Esse jà quer ir a Escola, pero porque non tèn sayo està decote na Eyra para escorrentar o Gando.Afonso: How is doing my godchild? Christobo: He already want to go to school, but since he has no robe is all the time in the field for driving away the livestock.
** 1820, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Os servís e os liberás:Palurdos que vos vestides, Como eu, de sayo de lá, Polainas, zocos, monteira, E un bo baloco na manRustics that wear, as myself, with a woolen robe, gaiters, clogs, cap and a good staff in hand

##### Related terms

* saia

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

saio
* first-person singular present indicative of saír
* (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of sair

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sayo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “saio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “saio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “saya”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French saie, from Latin sagum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsa.jo/
* Rhymes: -ajo
* Hyphenation: sà‧io

### Noun

saio m (plural sai)
* habit (worn by a monk)

### Further reading

* saio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* saio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* saio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* saio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* saio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Iosa, iosa, oasi, osai, soia

## Latin
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈsai̯.i̯oː/, [ˈs̠äi̯ːoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈsa.jo/, [ˈsäːjo]

### Noun

saiō m (genitive saiōnis); third declension
* A sort of torturer or executioner
* An usher

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

### References

* saio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaj.u/ [ˈsaɪ̯.u]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaj.u/ [ˈsaɪ̯.u]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaj.o/ [ˈsaɪ̯.o]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsaj.u/
* Rhymes: -aju
* Hyphenation: sai‧o

### Verb

saio
* first-person singular present indicative of sair