yoyo

See also: YOYO, Yoyo, yoyó, and yo-yo

English

Etymology

Genericized trademark. Likely from Ilocano yóyo or another Philippine cognate.

Pronunciation

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Noun

yoyo (plural yoyos)

1. Alternative spelling of yo-yo

Verb

yoyo (third-person singular simple present yoyos, present participle yoyoing, simple past and past participle yoyoed)

1. Alternative spelling of yo-yo

Cebuano

Etymology

From English yo-yo / yoyo. Formerly a trademark. Most likely from Ilocano yóyo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: yo‧yo

Noun

yoyo

1. a yo-yo; a toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist
2. a cake that is shaped like a yoyo, akin to a cookie sandwich, often purple and with a margarine filling and rolled in white sugar

Verb

yoyo

1. to play with a yo-yo

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jo.jo/

• Audio:

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Noun

yoyo m (plural yoyos)

1. yo-yo

Further reading

• “yoyo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ido

Noun

yoyo (plural yoyi)

1. yo-yo

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish yoyo, according to Constantino (1971). See also Spanish yo (“I”) & Ilocano yo (“you; by you; your”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjojo/ [ˈjo.jo]
• Hyphenation: yo‧yo

Noun

yóyo

1. yo-yo

Derived terms

• agyoyo

Indonesian

Noun

yoyo (plural yoyo-yoyo)

1. yo-yo

Karao

Noun

yoyo

1. mudfish

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝoʝo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝoʝo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃoʃo/ [ˈʃo.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒoʒo/ [ˈʒo.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -oʝo
• Syllabification: yo‧yo

Noun

yoyo m (plural yoyos)

1. (Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Philippines, US) Alternative form of yoyó

Further reading

• “yoyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• yuyo

Etymology

Borrowed from English yo-yo, a genericized trademark, possibly from Ilocano yoyo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjojoʔ/ [ˈjoː.joʔ]
• Rhymes: -ojoʔ
• Syllabification: yo‧yo

Noun

yoyò (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜌᜓ)

1. yo-yo

Derived terms

• magyoyo
• pagyoyoyo
• yoyoan
• yoyoin

Further reading

• “yoyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• oyoy

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjo.jo]

Interjection

yoyo

1. wow!

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh