"kayo" meaning in Tagalog

See kayo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkajo/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈk̠aː.jo] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜃᜌᜓ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -ajo Etymology: Compare Ilocano sangakayo. Etymology templates: {{cog|ilo|sangakayo}} Ilocano sangakayo Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} kayo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜓ)
  1. cloth; textile; fabric Synonyms: habi, tela, tehido, hinabi Related terms: balatkayo
    Sense id: en-kayo-tl-noun-9osL7kJf Categories (other): Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 23 18 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 20 0 1 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 95 0 5 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 94 0 6 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 61 0 39 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 94 0 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /kaˈjo/ [Standard-Tagalog], [k̠ɐˈjo] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: kayó [canonical], ᜃᜌᜓ [Baybayin], cayo [alternative], kau [alternative, Internet]
Rhymes: -o Etymology: From Proto-Philippine *kayú, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu, from Proto-Austronesian *iSu. Etymology templates: {{inh|tl|phi-pro|*kayú}} Proto-Philippine *kayú, {{inh|tl|poz-pro|*iu}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu, {{inh|tl|map-pro|*iSu}} Proto-Austronesian *iSu Head templates: {{tl-pron|kayó|b=+}} kayó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜓ)
  1. (in the plural) you Tags: in-plural Synonyms: kamo
    Sense id: en-kayo-tl-pron-uwNHpGjZ Categories (other): Tagalog pronouns Disambiguation of Tagalog pronouns: 50 50
  2. (honorific, singular) you Tags: honorific, singular
    Sense id: en-kayo-tl-pron-uwNHpGjZ1 Categories (other): Tagalog pronouns, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation Disambiguation of Tagalog pronouns: 50 50 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 61 0 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: halikayo, kayo-kayo, tekayo, tikayo
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 0 0 Related terms: ako, ko, akin, kita, kata, nita, nata, ta, kanita, kanata, ata, tayo, natin, atin, kami, namin, amin, kita2, ikaw, ka, mo, iyo, kamo, ninyo, niyo, inyo, siya, niya, kaniya, sila, nila, kanila

Alternative forms

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    {
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.