ayok

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈjok/ [ʔɐˈjok̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: a‧yok

Adjective

ayók (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜃ᜔) (dialectal, Laguna, Rizal)

1. appropriate; befitting

   Synonyms: bagay, akma, angkop

   Ayok sa iyo ang damit mo.

   Your clothes fit you.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔajok/ [ˈʔaː.jok̚]
• Rhymes: -ajok
• Syllabification: a‧yok

Noun

ayok (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜃ᜔)

1. Alternative form of hayok: woody vine

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈjok/ [ʔɐˈjok̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: a‧yok

Noun

ayók (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜃ᜔) (obsolete)

1. granting a formerly denied request

   Synonyms: payag, tulot, pahintulot, kaloob, ayo, paoo

   Salamat sa Diyos at napaayok na.

   Thank God that [the request] had been granted.

Alternative forms

• ayoc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈjok/ [ʔɐˈjok̚]
    • Rhymes: -ok
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔajok/ [ˈʔaː.jok̚] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: a‧yok

Adjective

ayók (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜃ᜔) (obsolete)

1. hobbling; shaking

   Synonyms: umaalog-alog, abyog, liay

2. bending (like a tall, thin, stick)

   Synonyms: yutyot, habyog, habyok

3. (figurative) sloppy; sluggish

   Aayok-ayok ka ng paglakad

   You are sloppy in your walk.

Alternative forms

• ayoc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Derived terms

• ayukin

See also

• yukayok

Further reading

• “ayok”, 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
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot

Anagrams

• kayo