sayonara
[ sahy-uh-nahr-uh; Japanese sah-yaw-nah-rah ]
/ ˌsaɪ əˈnɑr ə; Japanese ˈsɑ yɔˈnɑ rɑ /
interjection, noun
farewell; goodbye.
Origin of sayonara
1870–75; < Japanese
sayō-nara, equivalent to
sayō thus (
sa that +
yō, earlier
yaũ < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese
yàng appearance) +
nara if it be (
ni essive particle +
ara subjunctive stem of existential v.)
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