ayò
noun
/ā.jò/
Definitions
- Any of a variety of plants including Guilandina bonduc and Corchorus olitorius (ewédú)
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The seeds of the ayò plant
Similar wordsọmọ ayò
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The strategy game ayo, a variety of the mancala or oware game played by the Yoruba, of which the seeds of the ayò plant are used in the game
bí ayò ó bá wọ ọ̀ta lára, á dígbà sọ ìsọkúsọ When an expert ayo player becomes over-excited while ayo, he will occasionally utter some gibberishSimilar wordsPossibly similar wordsawònoun Wiktionary points at “awò”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “ao”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “awò” may be a word nobody has written up yet. ao alternative form of awo (“secret, that which is secretive”) aó Ekiti form of awó (“guinea fowl; (in particular) Western crested guineafowl”) àó slap ào Ekiti form of àwo (“plate”) aò Ekiti form of awò (“lens”) awo mystery, secret awó guinea fowl àwo dish, plate aghó Ọ̀wọ̀, Eastern Àkókó form of awó (“guinea fowl”)
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A general term for any strategic game, competition, or pastime, hobby
mo pa á ní ayò I won in a game
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Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
ayoEnglish
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ayo”.
Reference:
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