different between ayn vs ayo

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?n/

Etymology 1

A romanization of the sixteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew ? (?ayin), Phoenician (?ayin), Aramaic (??), and Syriac ? (??), Arabic ? (?ayn) (where it is sixteenth in abjadi order only).

Noun

ayn (plural ayns)

1. (linguistics) Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /?/ in Semitic languages.

Etymology 2

A romanization of Kazakh ??? (aïn), the Kazakh name for the letter ? (?).

Noun

ayn (plural ayns)

1. (linguistics) Synonym of ghayn, the letter ?, representing the consonant /?/ or /?/, particularly in Kazakh.

Anagrams

• NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, any, any%, nay, yan

Italian

Noun

ayn m or f (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of ain

Manx

Pronoun

ayn

1. third-person singular of ayns

   in him/it

   • Cha nel ayn agh craueyn. He is reduced to a skeleton.

Derived terms

• aynsyn (emphatic)

Adverb

ayn

1. there
   • ayn as ass, there and back

Adjective

ayn

1. existent
   • ayn rish foddey, long-standing
2. present

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?o?/

Etymology 1

Combination of hey and yo

Interjection

ayo

1. (African-American Vernacular, informal) A greeting.

Synonyms

• (greeting): hey, hi, yo

Etymology 2

Yoruba [Term?]

Noun

ayo (uncountable)

1. (West African English) A strategy game.

Synonyms

• (strategy game): oware, awari

See also

• Oware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Yao

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

ayo (inanimate)

1. Obsolete spelling of ?yoh

Hiligaynon

Noun

ayô

1. a pet name
2. bargain, discount

Verb

ayô

1. to ask or request

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?jo/
• Hyphenation: a?yo

Interjection

ayo

1. (informal) come on!

Synonyms

• mari (polite)

Further reading

• “ayo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• ayó (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Spanish adiós and Portuguese adeus.

Interjection

ayo

1. goodbye
2. farewell

Portuguese

Noun

ayo m (plural ayos, feminine aya, feminine plural ayas)

1. Obsolete spelling of aio

Spanish

Etymology

Presumed to be from the unattested Gothic *???????????????????? (*hagja), or from Latin avia.

Pronunciation

Noun

ayo m (plural ayos, feminine aya, feminine plural ayas)

1. Person who takes care of children; tutor

Further reading

• “ayo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Yami

Noun

ayo

1. river; stream; brook

Yurumanguí

Noun

ayo

1. river

References

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