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yo, /joː/, n. Proximal third person masculine pronoun. "This/He"

usage:
यो पोरगा ठीक आथी. /joˈ poɹɣɐː ʈʰiːk ɐt̪ʰiː/
This kid is alright.

etymology: From Dialectal यो, ह्यो; an alternate form of SPMR हा, both from the same source of conflation in MHR e-a-o, i-a-o and iha-o, from Sanskrit इयं, एतद्‌ and इह​, along with the ubiquitous diminutive -क​ to give the various forms. Original form for "Proto-Marahaṭṭhi" is constructed as *hako, *yako, *ihako.
attestation: Entered standard language in 2060s, attested continuously as a villager's dialect variant.
yo ye
ye-/ya- yen-/yan
tags: Pronoun, Basic