different between ayo vs ayu

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

Etymology

From Japanese ? (ayu, “sweetfish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ju?/

Noun

ayu (usually uncountable, plural ayus)

1. A sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia, the only member of its genus and family, Plecoglossus altivelis, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh. It is a game fish and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.

Synonyms

• ai

Translations

Anagrams

• Yau

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin allium.

Noun

ayu m (plural ayos)

1. garlic (plant)

Gorontalo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ju/
• Hyphenation: a?yu
• Rhymes: -ju, -u

Noun

ayu

1. tree
2. wood, timber

Japanese

Romanization

ayu

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Javanese

Alternative forms

• hayu

Adjective

ayu (krama-ngoko ayu)

1. beautiful, pretty

Noun

ayu (krama-ngoko ayu)

1. beauty

Leonese

Etymology

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

Noun

ayu m (plural ayos)

1. garlic

References

• AEDLL

Malay

Alternative forms

• Ayu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aju/
• Rhymes: -aju, -ju, -u

Adjective

ayu (Jawi spelling ????, plural ayu-ayu)

1. dainty (Delicately small and pretty)

Further reading

• “ayu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Taroko

Etymology

From Seediq yayu (“knife”)

Noun

ayu

1. a burn (landform)