yō

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yo"

Japanese

Romanization

yō

Rōmaji transcription of よう

Mandarin

Romanization

yō (yo¹, Zhuyin ㄧㄛ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 唷
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喲／哟

Mwotlap

Etymology

From Proto-Torres-Banks *rua, from Proto-North-Central Vanuatu *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jʊ/

Numeral

yō

two

Usage notes

The citation form is the prefixed numeral vōyō (“two”).

References

François, Alexandre. 2024. Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. (Pdf version) – entry yō.

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