# ayo
## English
### Etymology 1

Combination of hey and yo.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeɪ.(j)oʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Interjection

ayo
* (slang) A greeting.
    Synonyms: hey, hi, yo
** 2004, Michael Daniel Baptiste, Cracked Dreams, page 73:"Ayo, Red. It's the homie Spits on the jack for you, blood." "Ayo, homeboy," said Red as he excitedly picked up the telephone receiver. "What's up, fool?"
** 2007, Reginald L. Hall, In Love with a Thug, page 38:“Ayo, wassup, girl,” he said to Keisha as he continued to walk toward the back area where I stood. […] “Ayo, wassup, playa?
** 2007, Tony J. Ward, Jr., I've Got to Make It to Heaven for Going Through Hell: Part 1, page 39:Ayo Toine, you think they'd put me down?
** 2007, Nikki Turner, Christmas in the Hood, page 289:"Ayo, fam, you a'ight down there?" Victorious's cell mate asked.
** 2008, Treasure Hernandez, Resurrection, page 106:"Ayo, ma, where you going?" a dude asked her as she walked by him.
** 2008, Ashley JaQuavis, The Trophy Wife, page 103:"Ayo, Kalil!" a man's voice said from amidst the crowd. Kalil looked up and saw his lil' man, Peanut, distributing packets of heroin and taking money from the fiends.
** 2010, R Green Damon, Somethin' to Think about, page 197:"Ayo, Cee, listen to this shit here," said Matt, passing him his cell.
* (slang) Used to imply that what was said is inappropriate or "sus".
    Synonym: hold up
    Ayo, what'd you just say?

### Etymology 2

From Yoruba ayò, an abridged form of ayò ọlọ́pọ́n.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.jo/

#### Noun

ayo (uncountable)
* (West Africa) A type of mancala strategy game played by the Yoruba.

#### See also

* awari
* ayoayo
* oware

### Further reading

* Ayoayo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Yao

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Compare ayom (“to heal”), ayad (“to repair”), and Tagalog ayos (“to repair”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Cebuano) IPA: /ˈʔajo/ [ˈʔa.jo]
* (Bohol) IPA: /ˈʔad͡ʒo/ [ˈʔa.d͡ʒo]
* Hyphenation: a‧yo

### Verb Root

ayo (Badlit spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)
* to do well
    Synonyms: tarong, nindot
    Ayoha paghugas. ― Wash the dishes well.
* to do something to an intense degree
* to fix, repair; restore into working order
    Synonyms: ayad, ayom
* (of health) to get better
* to treat people nicely
* to be on good terms with one another
    Synonym: dait

#### Derived terms

* alayohan
* alayohon
* ayo ang buot
* ayoayo
* kaayo
* kaayohan
* kamaayo
* maayo
* minaayo
* paayoayo
* pag-ayo
* pahiayo
* pakaayo

### Interjection

ayo (Badlit spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)
* said in place of knocking, or looking for people: hello?; knock knock!
    Ayo? Naay tawo? ― Knock knock! Anybody there?

## Classical Nahuatl
### Noun

ayo (inanimate)
* Obsolete spelling of āyoh.

## Hiligaynon
### Noun

ayô
* a pet name
* bargain, discount

### Verb

ayô
* to ask or request

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay ayuh, ayo, from Classical Malay ايوه (ayuh), ايو (ayo). Cognate of Malay ayuh, Javanese ꦲꦪꦺꦴ (ayo, “come on, let's, please”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈajo/ [ˈa.jo]
* Rhymes: -ajo
* Syllabification: a‧yo

### Interjection

ayo
* (informal) come on!
    Synonym: (polite) mari
    Ayo beli baju Hishiro sekarang!Come on, get your own Hishiro clothes now!

#### Alternative forms

* ayuh (Johor-Riau)
* hayo

#### Synonyms

* jom (Standard Malay, informal)

### Further reading

* “ayo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

ayo
* Romanization of ꦲꦪꦺꦴ

## Kamkata-viri
### Etymology

Borrowed from a descendant of Sanskrit अजाजि (ajāji).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈjo/

### Noun

ayo (Kamviri, Western Kata-viri)
* cumin

### References

* ↑ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “âi′o”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

## Musi
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ (“fresh water; steam, river”). Cognate with Indonesian air, Urak Lawoi' อาเย (ayë).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.jɔ/
* Hyphenation: a‧yo

### Noun

ayo
* (Musi Proper, Pegagan) water (clear liquid H₂O)
    Synonyms: banyu, (Palembang, Coastal) aér, (Penesak) aé'

### Further reading

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wahiR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Papiamentu
### Alternative forms

* ayó (alternative spelling)

### Etymology

From Spanish adiós and Portuguese adeus.

### Interjection

ayo
* goodbye
* farewell

## Portuguese
### Noun

ayo m (plural ayos, feminine aya, feminine plural ayas)
* Obsolete spelling of aio.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin avius, masculinized from Latin avia (“grandmother”), whence Spanish aya.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaʝo/ [ˈa.ʝo]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈaʝo/ [ˈa.ʝo]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈaʃo/ [ˈa.ʃo]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈaʒo/ [ˈa.ʒo]
* Rhymes: -aʝo
* Syllabification: a‧yo

### Noun

ayo m (plural ayos, feminine aya, feminine plural ayas)
* person who takes care of children, tutor
    Synonym: tutor

### Further reading

* “ayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔajoʔ/ [ˈʔaː.joʔ]
* Rhymes: -ajoʔ
* Syllabification: a‧yo

#### Noun

ayò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)
* act of taking sides
    Synonyms: kampi, pagkampi, katig, pagkatig

##### Derived terms

* ayo-ayo
* ayuan
* iayo
* kaayo
* mag-ayo
* pag-ayo
* umayo

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈʔajoʔ/ [ˈʔaː.joʔ]
*** Rhymes: -ajoʔ
** IPA: /ʔaˈjo/ [ʔɐˈjo] (obsolete)
* Syllabification: a‧yo

#### Noun

ayò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)
* consenting; acquiescence (especially to a wrong conduct or behavior)
    Synonyms: konsenti, pagkonsenti

##### Derived terms

* ipaayo
* mapaayo

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ʔaˈjoʔ/ [ʔɐˈjoʔ]
*** Rhymes: -oʔ
** IPA: /ˈʔajo/ [ˈʔaː.jo] (obsolete)
* Syllabification: a‧yo

#### Noun

ayô (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓ)
* Tetrastigma serrulatum (a tendril-bearing woody vine)

### Further reading

* “ayo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* yao, Yao

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.jo/

### Noun

ayo
* older sibling
    ayo da at ― older brother
    ayo da papa ― older sister

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Yami
### Noun

ayo
* river; stream; brook

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.jò/

### Noun

ayò
* Any of a variety of plants including Guilandina bonduc and Corchorus olitorius (ewédú)
* The seeds of the ayò plant
    Synonym: ọmọ ayò
* The strategy game ayo, a variety of the mancala or oware game played by the Yoruba, of which the seeds of the ayò plant are used in the game
    Synonyms: ayò ọlọ́pọ́n, ayòayò, awò, ayò jẹ̀rin, ayò kàrè, ayò jòdù-jòdù
    bí ayò ó bá wọ ọ̀ta lára, á dígbà sọ ìsọkúsọWhen an expert ayo player becomes over-excited while ayo, he will occasionally utter some gibberish (proverb on over-excitement)
* (by extension) A general term for any strategic game, competition, or pastime, hobby
    mo pa á ní ayò ― I won in a game

#### Derived terms

* agbọndan ayò (“longitudinal row of ayò holes”)
* aláyò (“someone who plays the ayo game”)
* ojúlé ayò (“the holes in the ayo board”)
* ọmọ ayò (“ayo pieces”)
* ọpọ́n ayò (“Ayo board, mancala board”)
* ta ayò (“to play ayo”)
* àmì ayò (“a point in competitive sport”)
* òdù ayò (“The hole in an ayo game board filled with seeds”)

#### Descendants

* → English: ayo

## Yurumanguí
### Noun

ayo
* river

### References

* Prehistoria: Lenguas y dialectos indigenas de Colombia (Luis Duque Gómez, Sergio Elías Ortiz, 1965), citing Romero's wordlist