aayo

Gofa

Noun

aayo

  1. mother

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *yaay-. Cognates are Somali hooyo and Afar yayya.

Noun

aayo f (plural aayooyin)

  1. mother
  2. aunt (uncle's wife)
  3. stepmother

References
  • Puglielli, Annarita; Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012), “aayo”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga, Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 28

Yoruba

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /àà.jò/

Noun

ààyò

  1. favorite, chosen
    babá sa aṣọ náà ní ààyò ― The father assigned the clothes as his favorite
  2. (idiomatic) A person who is beloved or cherished by someone, mother
    ọmọ olúgbó umọlẹ̀ má yóò yú bẹ̀, kààyò rẹ ké ró súlé dé e
    The one child of the forest of the earth spirits that may never return, yet his beloved waits for him patiently at home
    (Èkìtì family oríkì)
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