payo

See also: PAYO

Bikol Central

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paˈjo/, [paˈjo]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧yo

Noun

payó (Basahan spelling ᜉᜌᜓ)

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. (formal, literary) leader
    Synonyms: lider, puon
  3. (formal, literary) chief
    Synonym: hepe

Derived terms
  • mamayo
  • pamayo

See also

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms
  • (Amecameca): payotl
  • (Texcoco): payatl

Noun

payo

  1. rebozo.

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

payó

  1. (anatomy) head

Spanish

Etymology

According to Ramón Menéndez Pidal, borrowed from Portuguese or Galician payo, from Portuguese or Galician Pelayo, from Latin Pelagius, so of the same origin as the Spanish name Pelayo and related to piélago (“sea (poetic term)”).[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpaʝo/ [ˈpa.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈpaʃo/ [ˈpa.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpaʒo/ [ˈpa.ʒo]

  • Rhymes: -aʝo
  • Syllabification: pa‧yo

Adjective

payo (feminine paya, masculine plural payos, feminine plural payas)

  1. non-Romani person
    Synonym: gaché
    Antonym: calé

Noun

payo m (plural payos, feminine paya, feminine plural payas)

  1. non-Romani person; gadjo
    • 1986, Mecano, Hijo de la luna :
      Este hijo es de un payo, y yo no me lo callo.
      This is a non-Romani man's son, and I won't hold my tongue
    • 2018 September 18, “La polémica de la apropiación cultural: ¿Es el éxito de Rosalía un robo a los gitanos?”, in El Mundo‎:
      ¿Puede una paya millennial de Barcelona triunfar cantando flamenco? Malamente.
      Can a millennial non-Romani woman triumph by singing flamenco? Hardly.

Descendants
  • → Catalan: paio

References
  1. Menéndez Pidal, Ramón (1985) Manual Gramática Histórica Española, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, page 26: “Por ejemplo, son gallegas o portuguesas de origen [...] payo (contracción de Pelayo, tomado como nombre rústico)”

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *payu (“agreement, consensus; harmony”). Compare Javanese ꦥꦪꦸ (payu), and Malay payu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpajo/, [ˈpa.jo]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧yo

Noun

payo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜌᜓ)

  1. advice; counsel
    Synonym: konseho

Derived terms

Temascaltepec Nahuatl

Noun

payo

  1. rebozo

West Albay Bikol

Noun

payo

  1. (anatomy) head
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