different between ayo vs ayr

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

English

Pronunciation

• Homophones: air, ere, Ayr, heir

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Manx ayr. Doublet of faeder, father, padre, pater, and père.

Noun

ayr

1. (Isle of Man) father

Etymology 2

Noun

ayr

1. Alternative spelling of air (especially when referring to the form of music). (Can we add an example for this sense?)

References

• Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley (2003)

Anagrams

• -ary, Ary, RYA, Ray, ary, ra'y, ray, rya, yar, ? ray, ?-ray

Cornish

Alternative forms

• air

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e??]

Noun

ayr m

1. air

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish athair, from Proto-Celtic *?at?r, from Proto-Indo-European *ph?t?r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?ar/

Noun

ayr m (genitive singular ayrey, plural ayraghyn)

1. father

   Ayns thie my ayrey ta ymmodee ynnydyn beaghee.

   In my father's house are many mansions.

   Cur graih da'n ayr as moir eu.

   Love your father and mother.

Derived terms

• ayroil
• ayrvarroo
• shennayr