איו

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Hebrew

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Adverb

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אַיּוֹ (ayó)

  1. form, with a masculine, singular, third person object suffix, of איה: where is he/it?
    • Tanach, Exodus 2:20, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל בְּנֹתָיו וְאַיּוֹ לָמָּה זֶּה עֲזַבְתֶּן אֶת הָאִישׁ
      vayómer el b'notáv v'ayó lámo ze azavtén et haísh
      And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man?

Yevanic

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek υἱός (huiós), from Proto-Indo-European *suHyús.

Noun

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אִיוּ ('iu) (Greek spelling υιό)

  1. A son.