jao

jao

1. genitive singular of jagu

• joa (Southeast Limburgish)
  • joë (Eupen)
  • jooe (Krefeld)

From Middle Dutch jâ, from Old Dutch jā, from Proto-West Germanic *jā.

jao

1. yes

jao

1. of course; after all; as you know; modal particle used like German ja, which compare

   Vier hove ós neet vuur ’t Limburgs te sjame, ouch neet vuur ’t Hollesj, dat is jao ouch ’n taal.

   We needn’t be ashamed of Limburgish, but neither of standard Dutch, that's a language too, after all.

jȁo (Cyrillic spelling ја̏о)

1. woe, alas

   Jao meni!

   Woe is me!

jao

1. (slang) yo (an emphatic conclusion to a statement)
   • 2024 March 14, chapter 2 (22:52 from the start), in IFS – invandrare för svenskar‎^[1], season 3, spoken by Orhan Bicen, Sveriges Television:

     Abow, aina igen, jao!

     Damn, the cop again, yo!

2. (colloquial) Synonym of ja

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