yao

yao

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Yao.

yao (yao⁵／yao⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄧㄠ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喲／哟

yao

1. Nonstandard spelling of yāo.
2. Nonstandard spelling of yáo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of yǎo.
4. Nonstandard spelling of yào.

• 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.

yao

1. Mi class inflected form of -ao.
2. Ma class inflected form of -ao.
3. N class inflected form of -ao (singular only).

• yaon

Possible back-formation from yaon when contracted with 'y or 't.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjaʔo/ [ˈja.ʔo]
• Rhymes: -aʔo
• Syllabification: ya‧o

yao (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜂ)

1. departure; act of going away or leaving

   Synonyms: alis, lisan, lakad, pagyao, pag-alis, paglisan

2. (euphemistic) dying; passing away; demise

   Synonyms: pagyao, panaw, patay, pagkamatay, kamatayan, pagpanaw, salangit

• “yao”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.o/

yao

1. a baby

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Cognate with Ternate nyao.

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.o/

yao

1. fish

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