yoyo

== English == === Etymology === Genericized trademark. Likely from Ilocano yóyo or another Philippine cognate. === Pronunciation === === Noun === yoyo (plural yoyos) Alternative spelling of yo-yo. === Verb === yoyo (third-person singular simple present yoyos, present participle yoyoing, simple past and past participle yoyoed) Alternative spelling of yo-yo. ==== References ==== == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English yo-yo / yoyo. Formerly a trademark. Most likely from Ilocano yóyo. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: yo‧yo === Noun === yoyo a yo-yo; a toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist a cake that is shaped like a yoyo, akin to a cookie sandwich, often purple and with a margarine filling and rolled in white sugar === Verb === yoyo to play with a yo-yo == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jo.jo/ === Noun === yoyo m (plural yoyos) yo-yo === Further reading === “yoyo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Ido == === Noun === yoyo (plural yoyi) yo-yo == Ilocano == === Etymology === From Spanish yoyo, according to Constantino (1971). See also Spanish yo (“I”) & Ilocano yo (“you; by you; your”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjojo/ [ˈjo.jo] Hyphenation: yo‧yo === Noun === yóyo yo-yo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈjojo/ [ˈjo.jo] Rhymes: -ojo Syllabification: yo‧yo === Noun === yoyo (plural yoyo-yoyo) yo-yo (kind of toy) == Japanese == === Romanization === yoyo Rōmaji transcription of よよ == Karao == === Noun === yoyo mudfish == Spanish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oʝo Syllabification: yo‧yo === Noun === yoyo m (plural yoyos) (Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Philippines, US) alternative form of yoyó === Further reading === “yoyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === yuyo === Etymology === Borrowed from English yo-yo, a genericized trademark, possibly from Ilocano yoyo. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈjojoʔ/ [ˈjoː.joʔ] Rhymes: -ojoʔ Syllabification: yo‧yo === Noun === yoyò (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜌᜓ) yo-yo ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “yoyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 === Anagrams === oyoy == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈjo.jo] === Interjection === yoyo wow! === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh