different between yeyo vs yayo

English

Noun

yeyo (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of yayo

Spanish

Etymology

Dialectical variant of desmayo (“faint, swoon”)

Pronunciation

Noun

yeyo m (plural yeyos)

1. (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, slang) dizziness

References

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

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