hiyo

See also: hiyō

English

Etymology

Catchphrase of TV presenter Ed McMahon in response to the quips of Johnny Carson.

Interjection

hiyo

1. (humorous) Drawing attention to a preceding joke or pun.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

hiyo

1. that (which we were just speaking of before)
   • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:

     […] juu ya hilo linalompeleka darini kwa baba yake wakati ule.

     […] about that which had him going to his father's attic at that time.

Inflection

Inflected forms of hiyo

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	huyo	hao
m-mi class(III/IV)	huo	hiyo
ji-ma class(V/VI)	hilo	hayo
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	hicho	hivyo
n class(IX/X)	hiyo	hizo
u class(XI)	huo	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	hapo
ku class(XVII)	huko
mu class(XVIII)	humo

See also

• -le
• hii

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hiˈoʔ/ [hɪˈoʔ], /hiˈo/ [hɪˈo]
• Rhymes: -oʔ, -o
• Syllabification: hi‧yo

Noun

hiyô or hiyó (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜌᜓ)

1. a species of small shark

See also

• pating