Wiktionary

yo

See also: YO, yo', yoʼ, y/o, yō, yö, y.o., and Appendix:Variations of "yo"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

yo

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Yoruba.

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /jəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊ
  • (US) IPA(key): /joʊ/
  • Audio (AU)(file)

Etymology 1Edit

As a greeting first attested in 1859, attested first as a cry of sailors and huntsmen (first attested in the 1400s; compare e.g. huzzah, giddyup). Originally from Middle English yo, io, ȝo, yeo, yaw, variant forms of ya, ye (“yes, yea”), from Old English ġēa (“yes, yea”), from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”), from Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”); or perhaps from Old English ēow (“Wo!, Alas!”, interjection). Compare Danish, Swedish, German, Norwegian jo (“yes (flexible meaning)”), Dutch jow (“hi, hey”) and Dutch jo (“hi, hey”). More at yea, ow, ew.

Modern popularity apparently dates from World War II (claimed to be a common response at roll calls; see definition 4), and then most intensely attested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; it thence spread globally from American dominance of pop culture post-WWII.

InterjectionEdit

yo

  1. (slang) A greeting similar to hi.
    Synonyms: oi, wotcher
    Yo Paulie! How's it going?
  2. (slang) An interjection similar to hey.
    Synonyms: ahoy, oi; see also Thesaurus:hey
    Yo, check this out!
    Check this out, yo!
  3. (slang) An expression of surprise or excitement.
    Yo, that's crazy, but I don't remember asking.
    • 2021 October 2, Mason Cannon, “Don't Feel Pressured To Declare Your Major Right Away”, in Study Breaks‎[1]:
      I have quickly acclimated myself to the standard form of greeting on campus: "Oh hey what’s your name? … Yeah, nice to meet you, what're you studying? … Yo that’s sick!" A script to recite, nearly verbatim, 10 times a day or more.
  4. (military slang) Present! Here!
    Sergeant: Smith?
    Private Smith: Yo!
  5. (chiefly African-American Vernacular) Emphatic conclusion to a statement.
    • 2010, "Kafkaesque" (Breaking Bad TV series, season 3, episode 9)
      JESSE: That is messed up, yo.
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From you're, your, etc.

Alternative formsEdit

DeterminerEdit

yo

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of your.
    Yo sandwich has only bacon in it. Want some ketchup on that?

PronounEdit

yo

  1. (Baltimore) third-person singular, familiar
    Yo was tuckin' in his shirt! (Stotko and Troyer 2007)

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

yo

  1. Abbreviation of year(s) old; also y.o., y/o.
  2. (crochet) Initialism of yarn over.

Etymology 4Edit

From Russian ё (jo).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

yo (plural yos)

  1. The letter Ё, ё.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 5Edit

NumeralEdit

yo

  1. Short for yoleven.

Etymology 6Edit

From irregular romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 龠 (yuè).

NounEdit

yo (plural yo or yos)

  1. Obsolete form of yue, a traditional Chinese unit of volume.

AnagramsEdit

AfarEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

yó

  1. I, me

Usage notesEdit

  • The form yóo is used when the pronoun isn't followed by a clitic.

See alsoEdit

Afar personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f
Subject Singular anú atú úsuk ís
Plural nanú isín úsun
Object Singular yó kó ká tét
Plural né sín kén

ReferencesEdit

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “yo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

AragoneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin eo. Akin to Spanish yo and Portuguese eu.

PronounEdit

yo

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Leonese yo, from Vulgar Latin eo (attested from the 6th century), from Latin ego.

PronounEdit

yo

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

ChavacanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish yo.

PronounEdit

yo (accusative conmigo)

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

ChineseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English yo.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

yo

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly university slang) outgoing; sociable

VerbEdit

yo (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly university slang)

  1. to act in an outgoing manner
  2. to socialize with; to interact with
  3. (euphemistic) Used in certain interjections to replace vulgar verbs.

Derived termsEdit

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English yo.

InterjectionEdit

yo

  1. (slang) yo
    • 2016, Lisbeth Zornig; Mikael Lindholm, Bundfald, Art People, →ISBN:
      “Yo!” Mathias så op.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English yo.

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

yo

  1. (slang) yo (informal greeting, interjection similar to hey)

Guerrero AmuzgoEdit

AdjectiveEdit

yo

  1. with

Haitian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

ArticleEdit

yo pl

  1. the

Usage notesEdit

This word is only used in its article sense when it modifies a plural noun.

See alsoEdit

PronounEdit

yo (contracted form y)

  1. they
  2. them

IndonesianEdit

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Etymology 1Edit

A shortening of "ayo" (come on)

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from English yo.

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

yo

  1. (slang) Template:id (informal greeting, interjection similar to hey)

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

yo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of よ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ヨ

KristangEdit

PronounEdit

yo

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)[1]

See alsoEdit

Kristang personal pronouns (edit)
Person Singular Plural
First yo nus
Second bos bolotu
Third eli olotu

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 2010, Ladislav Prištic, Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa, Masaryk University, page 26.

LadinoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin eo, from Latin ego.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

yo (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ייו‎)

  1. I

LashiEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *hja, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hja. Cognates include Jingpho yi.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

yo

  1. field
  2. farm

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

yo

  1. peace

Etymology 3Edit

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese [Term?], from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-ja. Cognates include Jingpho kăya.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

yo

  1. itch

ReferencesEdit

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), pages 15-16

LingalaEdit

PronounEdit

yo

  1. Alternative form of yɔ̂

Lower TananaEdit

NounEdit

yo

  1. sky

ReferencesEdit

  • James Kari, Lower Tanana Athabaskan Listening and Writing Exercises (1991)

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

yo (yo5／yo0, Zhuyin ˙ㄧㄛ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喲／哟
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚛／𪠸, 𪠸

yo

  1. Nonstandard spelling of yō.

Usage notesEdit

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

MaquiritariEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

yo

  1. (transitive) to leave (someone) without a portion from the hunt

ReferencesEdit

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “yo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronounEdit

yo

  1. Alternative form of yow

Etymology 2Edit

PronounEdit

yo

  1. Alternative form of heo (“she”)

NooneEdit

NounEdit

yo (plural yɔ́)

  1. snake

ReferencesEdit

NormanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French yaue, ewe, euwe, egua (“water”), from Latin aqua (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”).

NounEdit

yo f (plural yos)

  1. (Sark) water

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Alternative forms

PronounEdit

yo

  1. masculine nominative singular of ya (“who (relative)”)

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Old Spanish yo, from Vulgar Latin eō (attested from the 6th century), from Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō; akin to Greek εγώ (egó), Sanskrit अहम् (aham), all from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Akin to Italian io, Sicilian iu, Catalan jo, Aragonese and Asturian yo.

PronunciationEdit

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃo/ [ˈʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒo/ [ˈʒo]

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: yo

PronounEdit

yo

  1. First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I

Usage notesEdit

  • When more pronouns are included in the same sentence, it is considered impolite to say the pronoun yo at first; it must be the last one (this also applies to mí):
    Iremos Rosa, tú y yo. ― Rosa, you and I will go.

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Spanish personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular yo me mí1
plural masculine2 nosotros nos nosotros
feminine nosotras nosotras
second person singular tuteo tú te ti1
voseo vos vos
formal3 usted le, se4 lo/la5 usted
plural familiar6 masculine2 vosotros os vosotros
feminine vosotras vosotras
formal/general3 ustedes les, se4 los/las5 ustedes
third person singular masculine2 él le, se4 lo él
feminine ella la ella
neuter ello7 lo ello
plural masculine2 ellos les, se4 los ellos
feminine ellas las ellas
reflexive — se sí1
  1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
  2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
  4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
  5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
  6. Used primarily in Spain
  7. Used only in rare circumstances

NounEdit

yo m (plural yos or yoes)

  1. (psychoanalysis) Freud's concept of the ego

DescendantsEdit

  • Chavacano: yo
  • → Interlingue: yo

Further readingEdit

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Reduced form of yok

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

yo

  1. (casual) no

West MakianEdit

PronunciationEdit

ParticleEdit

yo

  1. sentence-final action negation particle; not
    de tifiam yo ― I am not eating

Usage notesEdit

Specifically negates action verbs (intransitive, transitive, ditransitive, etc.). To negate a stative verb, see wayo. The verbs seba/tope (“to want”) are not negated by ua, which would be ungrammatical. Instead, one uses the verb fono (“to not want”).

ReferencesEdit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[3], Pacific linguistics

XhosaEdit

PronounEdit

-yo

  1. Combining stem of yona.

YorubaEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

yó

  1. to become saturated with food or drinks; to become full (after eating)
    1. to become drunk
  2. to become fleshy or robust (in reference to the belly or body)
  3. (idiomatic, euphemistic) to become pregnant

Derived termsEdit

  • Àwòyó (“a nickname for the orisha Yemọja”)

ZuluEdit

PronounEdit

-yo

  1. Combining stem of yona.
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