saio

saio

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *sagium, from Latin sagum, cognate of Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos); probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (Apian wrote that the word was considered proper of the Celts of Iberia) and ultimately from Celtic.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsajʊ]

Noun

saio m (plural saios)

1. robe
   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Afonso:

     E como està o afillado?

     Christobo:

     Esse jà quer ir a Escola,

     pero porque non tèn sayo

     està decote na Eyra

     para escorrentar o Gando.

     Afonso:

     How is doing my godchild?

     Christobo:

     He already want to go to school,

     but since he has no robe

     is all the time in the field

     for driving away the livestock.

   • 1820, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Os servís e os liberás:

     Palurdos que vos vestides,

     Como eu, de sayo de lá,

     Polainas, zocos, monteira,

     E un bo baloco na man

     Rustics that wear,

     as myself, with a woolen robe,

     gaiters, clogs, cap

     and a good staff in hand

Related terms

• saia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saio

1. first-person singular present indicative of saír

References

• “sayo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “saio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “saio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “saya”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French saie, from Latin sagum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.jo/
• Rhymes: -ajo
• Hyphenation: sà‧io

Noun

saio m (plural sai)

1. habit (worn by a monk)

Further reading

• saio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• saio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• saio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• saio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• saio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Iosa, iosa, oasi, osai, soia

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Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsai̯.i̯oː/, [ˈs̠äi̯ːoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.jo/, [ˈsäːjo]

Noun

saiō m (genitive saiōnis); third declension

1. A sort of torturer or executioner
2. An usher

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	saiō	saiōnēs
Genitive	saiōnis	saiōnum
Dative	saiōnī	saiōnibus
Accusative	saiōnem	saiōnēs
Ablative	saiōne	saiōnibus
Vocative	saiō	saiōnēs

References

• saio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.u/ [ˈsaɪ̯.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.u/ [ˈsaɪ̯.u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.o/ [ˈsaɪ̯.o]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.u/

• Rhymes: -aju
• Hyphenation: sai‧o

Verb

saio

1. first-person singular present indicative of sair