Finnish

Verb

aio

1. Present indicative connegative form of aikoa.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of aikoa.
3. Second-person singular imperative connegative form of aikoa.

Italian

Noun

aio m ‎(plural ai) - feminine aia

1. tutor, teacher

Latin

Alternative forms

• aiiō
• ājō

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ǵ-yé-ti, from *h₁eǵ- ‎(“to say”).

Cognate with Latin adagium, prōdigium, Ancient Greek ἠμί ‎(ēmí, “to say”), Old Armenian ասեմ ‎(asem, “to say”), and Proto-Tocharian *āks- ‎(“to announce, proclaim, instruct”). See also negō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaj.joː/

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Verb

āiō ‎(present infinitive āiere); third conjugation iō-variant, defective

1. I say, I assert, I say yes, I say no, I affirm, I assent

   Quid ais?

   What say you?

Inflection

Synonyms

• (say): for, dīcō, loquor

See also

• ais (you say)
• ait (he/she says, it is said)
• āiunt (they say)

Derived terms

• aisne tu (ain' tu)
• quid ais

References

• aio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain: adversante et repugnante natura or invitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)
    
  • as the proverb says: ut or quod or quomodo aiunt, ut or quemadmodum dicitur
    
  • (ambiguous) as Homer sings (not canit): ut ait Homerus
    
  • (ambiguous) as Cicero says: ut ait Cicero (always in this order)
    

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐijo/

Noun

aio

1. yesterday

   Likamwete e kohdo aio.

   Apparently he came yesterday.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ayo (obsolete)

Etymology

From aia ‎(“hired tutoress”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Latin avia ‎(“grandmother”) or Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰 ‎(hagja, “protector”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj.u/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaj.o/
• (Caipira) Homophone: alho

Noun

aio m (plural aios, feminine aia, feminine plural aias)

1. a hired tutor

See also

• tutor