aayo

aayo

1. mother

• aaye

From Proto-East Cushitic *ʔaayy-, from Proto-Cushitic *yaay- (“mother”). Eclipsed by hooyo.

Cognate with Maay aay, Aweer aayo, Rendille ayo, Jiiddu ay, Baiso aayo, Oromo aayyoo, Waata aayyaa, Konso ayyaa, Saho aaya (“older sister”), Afar yayya, Burji aayyee, Hadiyya ayya, Kambaata iyyo, Tsamai ayya, Gawwada yayye, Dahalo yaayo, Iraqw ayo, Alagwa iyo, Aasax yeyo.

aayo f (plural aayooyin ?)

1. stepmother

• Puglielli, A., & Mansuur, C. C. (2012). "Qaamuuska Af‒Soomaaliga" (in Somali). Roma: Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, page 5

• IPA^(key): /àà.jò/

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; (especially) the favorite wife of a man

   ọmọ olúgbó ụmọlẹ̀ àrìmáàyò yúbẹ̀, káàyò rẹ̀ ké ró súlé dè é

   The child of the forest of the deity that does not bring his beloved to accompany him, his beloved will wait for him patiently at home

   (Èkìtì familial oríkì)