yoとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

As a greeting first attested in 1859, attested first as a cry of sailors and huntsmen (first attested in the 1400s; compare e.g. huzzah, giddyup). Originally from Middle English yo, io, ȝo, yeo, yaw, variant forms of ya, ye (“yes, yea”), from 古期英語 ġēa (“yes, yea”), from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”), from Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”); or perhaps from 古期英語 ēow (“Wo!, Alas!”, interjection). Compare Danish, Swedish, German, Norwegian jo (“yes (flexible meaning)”), Dutch jow (“hi, hey”) and Dutch jo (“hi, hey”). More at yea, ow, ew.

Modern popularity apparently dates from World War II (claimed to be a common response at roll calls; see definition 3), and then most intensely attested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; it thence spread globally from American dominance of pop culture post-WWII.

間投詞

yo

1. (slang) A greeting similar to hi.

   Synonyms: oi, wotcher

   Yo Paulie! How's it going?

2. (slang) An interjection similar to hey.

   Synonyms: ahoy, oi; see also Thesaurus:hey

   Yo, check this out!

   Check this out, yo!

3. (slang) An expression of surprise or excitement.

   Yo, that's crazy, but I don't remember asking.

   • 2021 October 2, Mason Cannon, “Don't Feel Pressured To Declare Your Major Right Away”, in Study Breaks‎^[1]:

     I have quickly acclimated myself to the standard form of greeting on campus: "Oh hey what’s your name? … Yeah, nice to meet you, what're you studying? … Yo that’s sick!" A script to recite, nearly verbatim, 10 times a day or more.

4. (military slang) Present! Here!

   Sergeant: Smith?
   Private Smith: Yo!

5. (chiefly African-American Vernacular) Emphatic conclusion to a statement.
   • 2010, "Kafkaesque" (Breaking Bad TV series, season 3, episode 9)

     JESSE: That is messed up, yo.

同意語

• (greeting): hey, hi; see also Category:Greetings
• (interjection): hey

語源 2

From you're, your, etc.

別の表記

• yo'

限定詞

yo

1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of your.

   Yo sandwich has only bacon in it. Want some ketchup on that?

代名詞

yo

1. (Baltimore) third-person singular, familiar

   Yo was tuckin' in his shirt! (Stotko かつ Troyer 2007)

名詞

yo

1. Abbreviation of year(s) old; also y.o., y/o.
2. (crochet) Initialism of yarn over.

語源 4

From Russian ё (jo).

発音

• IPA^(key): /jɒ/

名詞

yo (複数形 yos)

1. The letter Ё, ё.

派生語

• yoficator

数詞

yo

1. Short for yoleven.

語源 6

From irregular romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 龠.

名詞

yo (複数形 yo または yos)

1. Obsolete form of yue, a traditional Chinese unit of volume.

アナグラム

• oy

アナグラム

• oy