From Middle Englishyo, io, ȝo, yeo, yaw, variant forms of ya, ye(“yes, yea”), from Old Englishġēa(“yes, yea”), from Proto-Germanic*ja(“yes”), from Proto-Indo-European*yē(“already”); or perhaps from Old Englishēow(“Wo!, Alas!”, interjection). Compare Danish, Swedish, Norwegianjo(“yes”), Dutchjow(“hi, hey”) and Dutchjo(“hi, hey”). More at yea, ow, ew.
Interjection
yo
(slang)A greeting similar to hi.
Synonyms:oi, wotcher
(slang)An interjection similar to hey.
Synonyms:ahoy, oi; see also Thesaurus:hey
(military slang) Present! Here!
Sergeant: Smith? Private Smith:Yo!
Etymology 2
From you're, your, etc.
Alternative forms
yo'
Contraction
yo
(African-American Vernacular)Contraction of you are.
Determiner
yo
(colloquial)Pronunciation spelling of your.
Yo sandwich has only bacon in it. Want some ketchup on that?
Pronoun
yo
(Baltimore)third-person singular, familiar
Yo was tuckin' in his shirt! (Stotko and Troyer 2007)
Synonyms
(greeting):hey, hi; see also Category:Greetings
(interjection):hey
Etymology 3
Noun
yo
Initialism of year/years old.
(crochet)Initialism of yarn over.
Etymology 4
From Russianё(jo).
Noun
yo (pluralyos)
The letter Ё, ё.
Translations
Etymology 5
Numeral
yo
Short for yoleven.
Anagrams
oy
Aragonese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin*eo. Akin to Spanishyo and Portugueseeu.
Pronoun
yo
I (first-person singular pronoun)
Asturian
Etymology
From Old Leoneseyo, from Vulgar Latin*eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latinego.
Pronoun
yo
I (first-person singular pronoun)
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanishyo.
Pronoun
yo (accusativeconmigo)
I (first-person singular pronoun)
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishyo.
Interjection
yo
(slang)yo
2016, Lisbeth Zornig, Mikael Lindholm, Bundfald, Art People →ISBN
“Yo!” Mathias så op.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishyo.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /joː/
Hyphenation: yo
Rhymes: -oː
Interjection
yo
(slang)yo(informal greeting, interjection similar to hey)
Guerrero Amuzgo
Adjective
yo
with
Haitian Creole
Article
yopl
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 formy)
they
them
Interlingue
Pronoun
yo (objective caseme)
First person singular pronoun; I
Japanese
Romanization
yo
Rōmaji transcription of よ
Rōmaji transcription of ヨ
Kristang
Pronoun
yo
I(first-person singular personal pronoun)
See also
References
Ladino
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin*eo, from Latinego.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /jo/, /jɔ/
Pronoun
yo (Latin spelling, Hebrew spellingייו)
I
Lashi
Pronunciation 1
IPA(key): /jo/, [ju]
Noun
yo
field
farm
Pronunciation 2
IPA(key): /jo/, /jɔ/
Noun
yo
peace
References
Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Lingala
Pronoun
yo
The second-person singular pronoun: you.
See also
References
“yo” in Compendium of the World's Languages: Ladakhi to Zuni, Volume 2, page 988
Lower Tanana
Noun
yo
sky
References
James Kari, Lower Tanana Athabaskan Listening and Writing Exercises (1991)
Mandarin
Romanization
yo (Zhuyin˙ㄧㄛ)
Pinyin transcription of 喲, 哟
Pinyin transcription of 嚛, 𪠸
yo
Nonstandard spelling of yō.
Usage notes
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
Etymology 1
Pronoun
yo
Alternative form of yow
Etymology 2
Pronoun
yo
Alternative form of heo(“she”)
Noone
Noun
yo (pluralyɔ́)
snake
References
R. Blench, Beboid Comparative
Norman
Alternative forms
iâo (continental Normandy)
iaoue (Guernsey)
ieau (Jersey)
Etymology
From Old Frenchyaue, ewe, euwe, egua(“water”), from Latinaqua(“water”), from Proto-Indo-European*h₂ekʷeh₂(“water, flowing water”).
Noun
yof (pluralyos)
(Sark) water
Pali
Alternative forms
Pronoun
yo
masculine nominative singular of ya(“who (relative)”)
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin*eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latinego, from Proto-Italic*egō; akin to Greekεγώ(egó), Sanskritअहम्(aham), all from Proto-Indo-European*éǵh₂. Akin to Italianio.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɟ͡ʝo/
IPA(key): [ʝo̞]
IPA(key): [dʒo̞]
(Rioplatense) IPA(key): [ʃo̞]
Pronoun
yo
First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I.
Derived terms
See also
Noun
yom (pluralyosoryoes)
(psychoanalysis) Freud's concept of the ego.
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, and tú must be said after absent (this applies also for ti and mí):