yo

yo

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of yo in English

English Online Dictionary. What means yo‎? What does yo mean?

Translingual

Symbol

yo

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

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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.

Interjection

yo

  1. (slang) A greeting similar to hi.
    Synonyms: oi, wotcher
  2. (slang) An interjection similar to hey.
    Synonyms: ahoy, oi; see also Thesaurus:hey
  3. (slang) An expression of surprise or excitement.
  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.
Synonyms
  • (greeting): hey, hi; see also Category:Greetings
  • (interjection): hey

Etymology 2

From you're, your, etc.

Alternative forms

  • yo'

Determiner

yo

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

Pronoun

yo

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

Etymology 3

Noun

yo

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

Etymology 4

From Russian ё (jo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɒ/

Noun

yo (plural yos)

  1. The letter Ё, ё.
Derived terms
  • yoficator
Translations

Etymology 5

Numeral

yo

  1. Short for yoleven.

Etymology 6

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

Noun

yo (plural yo or yos)

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

Anagrams

  • oy

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjo/, [ˈjɔ]

Pronoun

yó

  1. I, me

Usage notes

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

See also

References

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

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Pronoun

yo

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

yo

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish yo.

Pronoun

yo (accusative conmigo)

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Chinese

Etymology

From English yo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

yo

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

Verb

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 terms

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English yo.

Interjection

yo

  1. (slang) yo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English yo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /joː/
  • Hyphenation: yo
  • Rhymes: -oː

Interjection

yo

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

Guerrero Amuzgo

Adjective

yo

  1. with

Haitian Creole

Etymology

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

Article

yo pl

  1. the

Usage notes

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

See also

  • a
  • an
  • la
  • lan
  • nan
  • sa a (emphatic value)
  • yon (indef. art.)

Pronoun

yo (contracted form y)

  1. they
  2. them

Indonesian

Etymology 1

A shortening of "ayo" (come on)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English yo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /joː/
  • Hyphenation: yo
  • Rhymes: -oː

Interjection

yo

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

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Japanese

Romanization

yo

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

Kristang

Pronoun

yo

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

References

Ladino

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin eo, from Latin ego.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jo/, /jɔ/

Pronoun

yo (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ייו‎)

  1. I

Lashi

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jo˧/, [ju˧˩]

Noun

yo

  1. field
  2. farm

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jo˧/

Noun

yo

  1. peace

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /joː˧/, [jɔ˧˨]

Noun

yo

  1. itch

References

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

Lingala

Pronoun

yo

  1. Alternative form of yɔ̂

Lower Tanana

Noun

yo

  1. sky

References

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

Mandarin

Romanization

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 notes

  • 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.

Maquiritari

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɟo]

Verb

yo

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

References

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

yo

  1. Alternative form of yow

Etymology 2

Pronoun

yo

  1. Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Noone

Noun

yo (plural yɔ́)

  1. snake

References

  • R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

Norman

Alternative forms

  • iâo (continental Normandy)
  • iaoue (Guernsey)
  • ieau (Jersey)

Etymology

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

Noun

yo f (plural yos)

  1. (Sark) water

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

yo

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

Spanish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: yo

Pronoun

yo

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

Usage notes

  • 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 terms

See also

Noun

yo m (plural yos or yoes)

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

Descendants

  • Chavacano: yo
  • → Interlingue: yo

Further reading

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

Turkish

Etymology

Reduced form of yok

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jo/

Interjection

yo

  1. (casual) no

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jo/

Particle

yo

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

Usage notes

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”).

References

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

Xhosa

Pronoun

-yo

  1. Combining stem of yona.

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jó/

Verb

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 terms

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

Zulu

Pronoun

-yo

  1. Combining stem of yona.

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