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dayo

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Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dáyu. Compare Cebuano dayo and Tagalog dayo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdajo/ [ˈd̪a.jo]
  • Hyphenation: da‧yo

Noun

dáyo (Basahan spelling ᜇᜌᜓ)

  1. a travel (for a specific purpose)
    Synonym: biyahe
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧yo
  • IPA(key): /daˈjoʔ/ [d̪aˈjoʔ]

Noun

dayô (Basahan spelling ᜇᜌᜓ)

  1. (Naga, angry register) dog
    Synonym: gadya
See also
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Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dáyu. Compare Bikol Central dayo and Tagalog dayo.

Pronunciation

Noun

dayo

  1. a foreigner; a person from a foreign country; an alien
    Synonyms: dumuduong, langyaw
  2. an immigrant; a person who comes to a country from another country in order to permanently settle there
    Synonyms: dumuduong, langyaw
  3. a transient; a person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker
    Synonym: dumuduong
  4. a stranger; a newcomer
    Synonym: dumuduong
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Lindu

Noun

dayo

  1. cemetery; grave

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dáyu (stranger, foreigner; guest). Compare Bikol Central dayo and Cebuano dayo. See also Javanese ꦝꦪꦺꦴꦃ (dhayoh, guest, visitor).

Pronunciation

Noun

dayo (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜓ)

  1. alien; foreigner
    Synonyms: dayuhan, banyaga
  2. stranger
    Synonyms: tagalabas, estranghero
  3. immigrant; emigrant
  4. immigration
  5. visit to a place not one's own

Derived terms

  • dayuhan
  • dayuhin
  • dumayo
  • magdayuhan
  • mandayuhan
  • pagdayo
  • pagdayuhan
  • pagdayuhin
  • pandarayuhan
  • pandayo

Further reading

  • dayo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dáyu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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