aayo

== Gofa == === Noun === aayo mother == Somali == === Alternative forms === aaye === Etymology === From Proto-East Cushitic *ʔaayy-, from Proto-Cushitic *yaay- (“mother”). Compare Dahalo yaayo, Iraqw ayo, Alagwa iyo, Aasax yeyo. Cognate with Maay aay (“mother”), Aweer aayo, Rendille ayo (“mother”), Jiiddu ay (“mother”), Baiso aayo, Oromo aayyoo (“madam”), Waata aayyaa, Konso ayyaa, Saho aaya (“older sister”), Afar yayya (“mother”), Burji aayyee, Hadiyya ayya, Kambaata iyyo, Tsamai ayya (“mother”), Gawwada yayye. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʔɑ̄ɑ̀ˈjɔ́] Hyphenation: aa‧yo === Noun === aayo f (plural aayooyin m) stepmother === References === Reinisch, Leo (1902), Die Somali-Sprache (in German), volume 2, Wien, Austria, page 47 == Yoruba == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /àà.jò/ === Noun === ààyò favorite, chosen babá sa aṣọ náà ní ààyò ― The father assigned the clothes as his favorite (idiomatic) A person who is beloved or cherished by someone; (especially) the favorite wife of a man (Èkìtì familial oríkì)