kayo

Respelling of the initial letters KO.

• Rhymes: -eɪəʊ

kayo (plural kayos or kayoes)

1. (boxing) A knockout.
   • 2023, Ian Phimister, David Patrick, editors, A Boxing Legacy: The Life and Works of Writer and Cartoonist Ted Carroll, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 239:

     His stunning title-winning kayo of Charles captivated the country, and on top of everything, he was actually an amazing fighter for one of his years, both as a puncher and boxer.

kayo (third-person singular simple present kayos or kayoes, present participle kayoing, simple past and past participle kayoed)

1. To knock someone out, or render them unconscious or senseless.
   • 2014, Robert F. Fernandez, Sr., Boxing in New Jersey, 1900–1999, McFarland, →ISBN, page 47:

     When Lee Savold, a perennial heavyweight title contender, was kayoed by the great Joe Louis, he was asked by reporters, did anyone in his lengthy career hit harder than Joe?

• oaky, okay, yoak

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *kahiw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkajo/, [ˈka.jo]
• Hyphenation: ka‧yo

káyo (Basahan spelling ᜃᜌᜓ)

1. (botany) silk-cotton tree

• IPA^(key): /kaˈjoʔ/, [kaˈjoʔ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧yo

kayô (plural karayo, Basahan spelling ᜃᜌᜓ)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon, vulgar) coitus; sexual intercourse

   Synonyms: kito, sulpanit

• Hyphenation: ka‧yo
• IPA^(key): /ˈkajo/, [ˈka.jɔ]

káyo (Badlit spelling ᜃᜌᜓ)

1. (Metro Cebu) Pronunciation spelling of kalayo.

Borrowed from Spanish gallo.

kayo

1. cock, rooster

From kayu, compare Malay kayu.

kayo

1. wood
2. tree

From Esperanto kajo.

kayo (plural kayi)

1. (nautical) wharf, quay

• ankayeskar (“to put at quay”)

kayo

1. (in the plural) you

• kaio

kayo

1. wood
2. tree

• pakakayo

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

From Proto-Malayic *kaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaya.

kayo

1. rich

From Proto-Polynesian *kaso, from Proto-Oceanic *kaso, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kasaw.

kayo

1. small house rafter (on which the sinnet is wrapped)

kayo

1. wood; lumber
2. tree

From Proto-Philippine *kayú, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu, from Proto-Austronesian *iSu.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈjo/ [kɐˈjo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ka‧yo

kayó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜓ)

1. (in the plural) you

   Synonym: kamo

2. (honorific singular) you

   Tuloy po kayo. ― Come on in (polite)

• cayo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kau — text messaging, Internet slang

Compare Ilocano sangakayo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkajo/ [ˈka.jo]
• Rhymes: -ajo
• Syllabification: ka‧yo

kayo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜓ)

1. cloth; textile; fabric

   Synonyms: habi, tela, tehido, hinabi

From Proto-Philippine *kahiw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

kayo

1. tree