aayo

Gofa

Noun

aayo

1. mother

Somali

Alternative forms

• aaye

Etymology

From Proto-East Cushitic *ʔaayy-, from Proto-Cushitic *yaay- (“mother”). Compare Dahalo yaayo, Iraqw ayo, Alagwa iyo, Aasax yeyo.

Cognate with Maay aay (“mother”), Aweer aayo, Rendille ayo (“mother”), Jiiddu ay (“mother”), Baiso aayo, Oromo aayyoo (“madam”), Waata aayyaa, Konso ayyaa, Saho aaya (“older sister”), Afar yayya (“mother”), Burji aayyee, Hadiyya ayya, Kambaata iyyo, Tsamai ayya (“mother”), Gawwada yayye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɑ̄ɑ̀ˈjɔ́]
• Hyphenation: aa‧yo

Noun

aayo f (plural aayooyin m)

1. stepmother

References

• Reinisch, Leo (1902), Die Somali-Sprache (in German), volume 2, Wien, Austria, page 47

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àà.jò/

Noun

ààyò

1. favorite, chosen

   babá sa aṣọ náà ní ààyò ― The father assigned the clothes as his favorite

2. (idiomatic) A person who is beloved or cherished by someone; (especially) the favorite wife of a man

   ọmọ olúgbó ụmọlẹ̀ àrìmáàyò yúbẹ̀, káàyò rẹ̀ ké ró súlé dè é

   The child of the forest of the deity that does not bring his beloved to accompany him, his beloved will wait for him patiently at home

   (Èkìtì familial oríkì)