aayo

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)