ayos

ayos

1. plural of ayu

ayos m pl

1. plural of ayo

From Proto-Philippine *áyus (“to arrange, make something neat or proper”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔajos/ [ˈʔaː.jos] (“order; condition; position; form, appearance”, noun; “OK; proper; correct; presentable”, adjective; “great!”, interjection)
    • Rhymes: -ajos
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈjos/ [ʔɐˈjos] (“in order; dressed up; prepared; settled”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: a‧yos

ayos (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

1. order; arrangement

   Antonym: gulo

2. condition; situation
3. position; placement
4. form; appearance
5. settlement (as of a dispute)

ayos (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

1. (colloquial) alright; OK
2. proper; fit suitable
3. right; correct
4. presentable; fit to be seen

• ays — contraction, colloquial

• ayos ka lang ba

ayos (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

1. (colloquial) expression of gladness and content about something: great!; alright!

   Ang ganda ng pagkakapinta mo! Ayos!

   The way you paint is good! Great!

ayós (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

1. in order; put in order
2. dressed up
3. finished; prepared
4. settled; decided (amicably)

• “ayos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*áyus”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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