See Yao on Wiktionary
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"2": "Iâu"
},
"expansion": "姚 (Iâu)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hokkien 姚 (Iâu).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ᜌᜏ᜔",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"b": "yaw"
},
"expansion": "Yao (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜏ᜔)",
"name": "tl-proper noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Yao"
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/aw",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/aw/1 syllable",
"Tagalog 1-syllable words",
"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog proper nouns",
"Tagalog surnames",
"Tagalog surnames from Hokkien",
"Tagalog terms borrowed from Hokkien",
"Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien",
"Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
],
"glosses": [
"a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien"
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjaw/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈjaʊ̯]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aw"
}
],
"word": "Yao"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_description/20250107",
"msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
"path": [
"Yao"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "Yao",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_description/20250107",
"msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
"path": [
"Yao"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "Yao",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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