այո

From Old Armenian այո (ayo); see it for more.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [ɑˈjo]
• Hyphenation: ա‧յո

այո • (ayo)

1. (formal) yes

• (informal) հա (ha)

• ոչ (očʿ)

• այոյ (ayoy)
• հայո (hayo)
• հայոյ (hayoy)

Probably of onomatopoeic origin. Alternatively, from Proto-Armenian *ayú, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu.

այո • (ayo)

1. yes

• Often written with a շեշտ (šešt) — այո՛ (ayó).
• A declined form այոյնիւն (ayoyniwn), which is a singular instrumental, is attested.
• Already in the 12th century the word was extinct, replaced by հա (ha).

• Armenian: այո (ayo)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “այո”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “այո”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “այո”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ayo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 58