wayo

• IPA^(key): [waʝo]

wayo

1. to drink

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

wayó

1. eight

From Proto-Bisayan *walu, from Proto-Central Philippine *walu, from Proto-Philippine *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

wayó

1. eight

• → Tandaganon: wayo

• unyayo

• Audio (Kenya)

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wayo (u class, plural nyayo)

1. footstep, footprint
2. sole (of foot)

wayo

1. water

• ABVD

Borrowed from Surigaonon wayo, from Proto-Bisayan *walu, from Proto-Central Philippine *walu, from Proto-Philippine *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu. The expected reflex in Tandaganon of Proto-Bisayan *walu is *wawo (cf. Boholano Cebuano wawo and Butuanon wawo), but the form in Surigaonon is used instead.

wayó

1. eight

• IPA^(key): /wa.ˈjo/

wayo

1. sentence-final state negation particle; is not; there is not

   malome wayo ― he is not present

   • (Can we date this quote?), “Nimama dofono”:

     dosuka de wayo

     she does not like me

Specifically negates stative verbs. To negate an action verb (intransitive, transitive, ditransitive, etc.), see yo.

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