aiyo
/ʌɪˈjəʊ/(also aiyoo)
exclamation
In southern India and Sri Lanka, expressing distress, regret, or grief; ‘Oh no!’, ‘Oh dear!’.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature. From (i) Sinhala ayiyō.
- treasure trove
- treasury
- Treasury bench
- Treasury bill
- Treasury bond
- Treasury note
- treat
- treatable
- treater
- treatise
- treatment
- treat someone like dirt
- treat something lightly
- treaty
- Treaty claim
- treaty Indian
- Treaty industry
- treaty port
- Treaty settlement
- Trebbiano
- Trebizond
- treble
- treble bell
- treble chance
- treble clef