sayo

sáyo (Basahan spelling ᜐᜌᜓ)

1. the “mourning women”, every Holy Wednesday and black-ankle gown every Good Friday with their faces covered with sheer black veils and their feet protected only by black socks while holding their designated poles bearing tokens from the Passion.

sayo

1. early

sayo

1. early

sayo

1. Rōmaji transcription of さよ

Inherited from Latin sagum, from Gaulish [Term?].

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: sa‧yo

sayo m (plural sayos)

1. smock
2. doublet
   • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:

     El resto della concluían sayo de velarte, calzas de velludo para las fiestas, con sus pantuflos de lo mesmo, y los días de entresemana se honraba con su vellorí de lo más fino.

     The rest of it went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match for the holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best homespun.

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈjo/ [sɐˈjo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: sa‧yo

sayó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜓ)

1. informal spelling of sa'yo