yobo

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== yobo (plural yobos) Alternative form of yobbo (“person engaging in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness”). ==== References ==== Yobo, 20th Century Words, by 艾托, John Ayto, Oxford University Press, 2002, Page 224. Yobo, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/yobo === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Korean 여보 (yeobo, “darling, sweetheart”). ==== Noun ==== yobo (plural yobos) (military, historical) A soldier's female Korean lover or hired prostitute. (Hawaii) A Korean person. === Anagrams === boyo, oboy == Hawaiian Creole == === Etymology === From Korean 여보 (yeobo, “darling, sweetheart”). === Noun === yobo a person of (usually local) Korean descent. == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === Probably from Ewe yovú (“white man”), Fon yòvó (“white man”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jobo/, [jʊ̞bʊ̞], [jɔ̝bɔ̝] === Noun === yobo white man === References === == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈjo.bo] === Noun === yobo a kind of banana === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh