yo
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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”), from Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”); or perhaps from Old English ēow (“Wo!, Alas!”, interjection). Compare Danish, Swedish, Norwegian jo (“yes”), Dutch jow (“hi, hey”) and Dutch jo (“hi, hey”). More at yea, ow, ew.
Interjection[edit]
yo
- (slang) A greeting similar to hi.
- (slang) An interjection similar to hey.
- Synonyms: ahoy, oi; see also Thesaurus:hey
- Yo, check this out!
- Check this out, yo!
- (military slang) Present! Here!
- Sergeant: Smith?
Private Smith: Yo!
- Sergeant: Smith?
Synonyms[edit]
- (greeting): hey, hi; see also Category:Greetings
- (interjection): hey
Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Determiner[edit]
yo
- (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of your.
- Yo sandwich has only bacon in it. Want some ketchup on that?
Pronoun[edit]
yo
- (Baltimore) third-person singular, familiar
- Yo was tuckin' in his shirt! (Stotko and Troyer 2007)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
yo
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
yo (plural yos)
Translations[edit]
Etymology 5[edit]
Numeral[edit]
yo
- Short for yoleven.
Anagrams[edit]
Afar[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
yó
Usage notes[edit]
- When followed by a word starting with a consonant, the form yóo is used.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “yo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Aragonese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *eo. Akin to Spanish yo and Portuguese eu.
Pronoun[edit]
yo
- I (first-person singular pronoun)
Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Leonese yo, from Vulgar Latin *eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego.
Pronoun[edit]
yo
- I (first-person singular pronoun)
Chavacano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
yo (accusative conmigo)
- I (first-person singular pronoun)
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Interjection[edit]
yo
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
yo
Guerrero Amuzgo[edit]
Adjective[edit]
yo
Haitian Creole[edit]
Article[edit]
yo pl
Usage notes[edit]
This word is only used in its article sense when it modifies a plural noun.
See also[edit]
- a
- an
- la
- lan
- nan
- sa a (emphatic value)
- yon (indef. art.)
Pronoun[edit]
yo (contracted form y)
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
yo
Kristang[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
yo
See also[edit]
Kristang personal pronouns (edit) | ||
---|---|---|
Person | Singular | Plural |
First | yo | nus |
Second | bos | bolotu |
Third | eli | olotu |
References[edit]
- ^ 2010, Ladislav Prištic, Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa, Masaryk University, page 26.
Ladino[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *eo, from Latin ego.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
yo (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ייו)
Lashi[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *hja, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hja. Cognates include Jingpho yi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yo
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yo
Etymology 3[edit]
From Proto-Lolo-Burmese [Term?], from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-ja. Cognates include Jingpho kăya.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yo
References[edit]
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), pages 15-16
Lingala[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
yo
- Alternative form of yɔ̂
Lower Tanana[edit]
Noun[edit]
yo
References[edit]
- James Kari, Lower Tanana Athabaskan Listening and Writing Exercises (1991)
Mandarin[edit]
Romanization[edit]
yo (Zhuyin ˙ㄧㄛ)
yo
- Nonstandard spelling of yō.
Usage notes[edit]
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
yo
- Alternative form of yow
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
yo
- Alternative form of heo (“she”)
Noone[edit]
Noun[edit]
yo (plural yɔ́)
References[edit]
- R. Blench, Beboid Comparative
Norman[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French yaue, ewe, euwe, egua (“water”), from Latin aqua (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”).
Noun[edit]
yo f (plural yos)
Pali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
yo
- masculine nominative singular of ya (“who (relative)”)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, 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[edit]
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Pronoun[edit]
yo
- First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I
Usage notes[edit]
- 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, and tú must be said after absent (this applies also for ti and mí):
- Iremos Rosa, tú y yo. ― Rosa, you and I will go.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
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/la5 | ello | ||||
plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
reflexive | — | se | sí1 |
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- 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.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- 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)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Noun[edit]
- (psychoanalysis) Freud's concept of the ego
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “yo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Xhosa[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
-yo
- Combining stem of yona.
Zulu[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
-yo
- Combining stem of yona.
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