ayos

Asturian

Noun

ayos

1. pluralofayu

Spanish

Noun

ayosmpl

1. pluralofayo

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (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

Noun

ayos(Baybayin spellingᜀᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

1. order;arrangement

   Antonym:gulo

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

Derived terms

• ayusin
• iayos
• ipaayos
• isaayos
• kaayusan
• kawalang-ayos
• maayos
• mag-ayos
• magsaayos
• makipag-ayos
• mapag-ayos
• pag-aayos
• pagkakaayos
• pagkakapag-ayos
• umayos

Adjective

ayos(Baybayin spellingᜀᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

1. (colloquial)alright;OK
2. proper;fitsuitable
3. right;correct
4. presentable;fitto beseen

Alternative forms

• ays—contraction,colloquial

See also

• ayos ka lang ba

Interjection

ayos(Baybayin spellingᜀᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

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

   Ang ganda ng pagkakapinta mo!Ayos!

   The way you paint is good!Great!

See also

• okey

Adjective

ayós(Baybayin spellingᜀᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• saoy