sayo

See also: sa'yo, and sáyo

Cebuano

Adjective

sayo

1. early

Higaonon

Adjective

sayo

1. early

Japanese

Romanization

sayo

1. Rōmaji transcription of さよ

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sagum, from Gaulish [Term?].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʝo/ [ˈsa.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsaʝo/ [ˈsa.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈsaʃo/ [ˈsa.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsaʒo/ [ˈsa.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: sa‧yo

Noun

sayo m (plural sayos)

1. smock
2. doublet
   • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:

     El resto della concluían sayo de velarte, calzas de velludo para las fiestas, con sus pantuflos de lo mesmo, y los días de entresemana se honraba con su vellorí de lo más fino.

     The rest of it went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match for the holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best homespun.

Related terms

• al que le quepa el sayo
• hacer de su capa un sayo
• sayo baquero

 

Further reading

• “sayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈjo/ [sɐˈjo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: sa‧yo

Contraction

sayó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜓ)

1. Informal spelling of sa'yo.