payo
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧yo
- IPA(key): /paˈjo/
Noun
payó
- (anatomy) head
- (formal, literary) leader
- Synonyms: lider, puon
- (formal, literary) chief
- Synonym: hepe
Derived terms
- mamayo
- pamayo
See also
- alimantak
- alintak
Central Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- (Amecameca): payotl
- (Texcoco): payatl
Noun
payo
- rebozo.
Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
Noun
payó
- (anatomy) head
Spanish
Etymology
According to Ramón Menéndez Pidal, borrowed from Portuguese or Galician payo, from Portuguese or Galician Pelayo, from Latin Pelagius, so of the same origin as the Spanish name Pelayo and related to piélago (“sea (poetic term)”).[1]
Adjective
payo (feminine paya, masculine plural payos, feminine plural payas)
- non-Romani person
- Synonym: gaché
- Antonym: calé
Noun
payo m (plural payos, feminine paya, feminine plural payas)
- non-Romani person; gadjo
- 1986, Mecano, Hijo de la luna :
- Este hijo es de un payo, y yo no me lo callo.
- This is a non-Romani man's son, and I won't hold my tongue
- Este hijo es de un payo, y yo no me lo callo.
- 2018 September 18, “La polémica de la apropiación cultural: ¿Es el éxito de Rosalía un robo a los gitanos?”, in El Mundo:
- ¿Puede una paya millennial de Barcelona triunfar cantando flamenco? Malamente.
- Can a millennial non-Romani woman triumph by singing flamenco? Hardly.
Descendants
- → Catalan: paio
References
- Menéndez Pidal, Ramón (1985) Manual Gramática Histórica Española, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, page 26: “Por ejemplo, son gallegas o portuguesas de origen [...] payo (contracción de Pelayo, tomado como nombre rústico)”
Further reading
- “payo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *payu (“agreement, consensus; harmony”). Compare Javanese payu, and Malay payu.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧yo
- IPA(key): /ˈpajo/, [ˈpa.jo]
Noun
payo
- advice; counsel
- Synonym: konseho
Derived terms
- payuhan
- tagapayo
Temascaltepec Nahuatl
Noun
payo
- rebozo
West Albay Bikol
Noun
payo
- (anatomy) head