layo

See also: laþo

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *adayuq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧yo
• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /laˈjoʔ/ [l̪ɐˈjoʔ]
• (Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA^(key): /laˈd͡ʒoʔ/ [l̪ɐˈd͡ʒoʔ]
• (Surigaonon) IPA^(key): /jaˈjoʔ/ [jɐˈjoʔ]
• Rhymes: -jo, -dʒo

Adjective

layô (plural lagyo, Badlit spelling ᜎᜌᜓ)

1. distant; far; remote

   Antonym: duol

Derived terms

• kalayo
• layoon
• malayo
• molayo

 

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀮𑀬𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• लयो (Devanagari script)
• লযো (Bengali script)
• ලයො (Sinhalese script)
• လယော or လယေႃ (Burmese script)
• ลโย or ละโย (Thai script)
• ᩃᨿᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ລໂຍ or ລະໂຍ or ລະໂຢ (Lao script)
• លយោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄣𑄠𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

layo m

1. nominative singular of laya (“a brief measure of time”)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *adayuq (“far”). Compare Cebuano and Hiligaynon layo, Bikol Central rayo, and Ilocano adayo. See also Malay jauh.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlajoʔ/ [ˈlaː.joʔ] (“distance, farness”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -ajoʔ
  • IPA^(key): /laˈjoʔ/ [lɐˈjoʔ] (“far from each other”, adjective; “state of being far from each other; (act of) going away”, noun; “go away”, interjection)
    • Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: la‧yo

Noun

layò (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜓ)

1. distance; farness

   Synonyms: distansiya, agwat, kalayuan, pagkamalayo

Derived terms

• anlayo
• kalayuan
• malayo
• malayo ang loob
• Malayong Silangan
• malayong-malayo
• malayuan
• may kalayuan
• pagkamalayo

 

See also

• salayo

 

Adjective

layô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜓ)

1. far from each other; away from each other

   Synonyms: hiwalay, magkahiwalay, di-magkasama, di-magkatabi

Derived terms

• ilayo
• layo-layo
• layuan
• lumayo
• lumayo-layo
• maglayo
• magpakalayo
• magpakalayo-layo
• pagkakalayo
• paglayo
• pakikipaglayo
• palayo
• palayuin

 

Noun

layô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜓ)

1. state of being far from each other

   Synonyms: pagkakalayo, pagkahiwalay

2. act of going away (from a person, thing, or place)

   Synonyms: layas, paglayas, alis, pag-alis

Interjection

layô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜓ)

1. go away! get away!

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈʔiw/ [lɐˈʔiʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -iw

Noun

laýo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜏ᜔)

1. Obsolete spelling of laiw.

Further reading

• “layo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Anagrams

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