different between yay vs yayo

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: y?, IPA^(key): /je?/
• Rhymes: -e?
• Homophone: yea

Etymology 1

Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea.

Alternative forms

• yea

Interjection

yay

1. (colloquial) An expression of happiness.

   Yay! I have finally finished my work!

2. Misspelling of yea.

Synonyms

• (an expression of happiness): hooray

Derived terms

• yayness

Translations

Adverb

yay (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of yea

   The tree was yay big.

See also

• nay

Etymology 2

From the sound it represents, by analogy with the other palatal letters chay and jay.

Noun

yay (plural yays)

1. The letter for the y sound in Pitman shorthand.

Related terms

• wye, the name of the Latin letter for this sound

Etymology 3

From Spanish llello.

Alternative forms

• yayo, yay-yo, yeyo

Noun

yay (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) Cocaine (powder or crack).
   • 2006, "They Shootin'", Vibe, December 2006:

     In Billy Corben's engrossing new documentary, Cocaine Cowboys (Magnolia Pictures), self-described "assassin" Jorge "Rivi" Ayala (among others) give up the goods on Miami's explosive early '80s yay trade.

   • 2009, Tyrone Pierson, Murder in the Moonlight, AuthorHouse (2009), ?ISBN, page 339:

     I'm in charge of a whole city block, and I always wear gloves when I touch the yay, cuz traces of cocaine show up on my u. a., when I touch it with my bare hands.

   • 2012, Azealia Banks, "Liquorice", 1991:

     I don't do yay, but if you want to, fine

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cocaine.

Anagrams

• ayy

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [j?j]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *y?y (“summer”).

Noun

yay (definite accusative yay?, plural yaylar)

1. summer

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *y?(y) (“bow”).

Noun

yay (definite accusative yay?, plural yaylar)

1. bow (a weapon used for shooting arrows)

Declension

References

Middle English

Pronoun

yay

1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

Ojibwe

Particle

yay

1. exclamation

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (yay), from Proto-Turkic *y?(y) (“bow”).

Cognate with Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar yay Gagauz yay or yay?, Bashkir ???? (yäyä) or ?? (yan), Chuvash ?? (?u), Nogai ?? (yay), Khakas ????? (çacax), Karaim yay, Karakalpak jay, Kazakh ??? (jay), Kyrgyz ??? (caa) ,Southern Altai ??? (?aa, “bow”), Tatar ???? (cäyä) ,Turkmen ýaaý, Uzbek yoy,Tuvan ?? (ça), Uyghur ??? (ya) etc.

Noun

yay (definite accusative yay?, plural yaylar)

1. bow (weapon)

Etymology 2

Verb

yay

1. second-person singular imperative of yaymak

English

Alternative forms

• yeyo, yay

Etymology

From Spanish llello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?je?.o?/

Noun

yayo (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) cocaine
   • 2004, Lil' Jon and the East Side Boyz (Jonathan Mortimer Smith), "Grand Finale" (rap song)

     We yayo experts, we been whippin' the yola / Since the crackas decided to take the coke from Coca-Cola.

   • 2009, Christine A. Nandi, The ABC's of Raising a Successful Student (page 7)

     They just spend their time sniffing up the yayo.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cocaine.

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Noun

yayo m (plural yayos)

1. grandpa

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “yayo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ?ISBN

Cebuano

Etymology

From yaya. Compare Spanish yayo.

Noun

yayo

1. (often humorous) a male nanny; a manny

Verb

yayo

1. (often humorous) to work or act as a manny

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown origin, perhaps from whimsical slang by youth. A prevailing theory, given the term's ultimate origin in Aragon and Catalan-speaking territories, is derivation from Catalan jajo (“grandpa”). It seems the first form generated was *jaja (“grandma”), from which the masculine form was derived. This would come from Catalan avia (“grandmother”) (from Vulgar Latin *avi?la, feminine diminutive of avus (“grandfather”)), and from juvenile palatalization would generate something like *ai?a. The common phenomenon of syllabic repetition in children's language (cf. papa, baba, etc.) would then cause the form jaja above, which would then be spread into Spanish and masculinized.

Otherwise, perhaps masculinized from Greek ?????? (giagiá, “grandmother”).

Pronunciation

Noun

yayo m (plural yayos)

1. (chiefly Spain, Catalonia, informal) grandpa, pops

Related terms

• yaya

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish yayo (“grandpa”). Compare Catalan iaio and Cebuano yayo.

Noun

yayo (feminine yaya)

1. (often humorous) a male nanny; a manny