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sa⋅yo⋅na⋅ra
[sahy-uh-nahr-uh; Japn. sah-yaw-nah-rah] 
–interjection, noun
| farewell; good-bye. |
Origin:
1870–75; < Japn sayō-nara, equiv. to sayō thus (sa that + yō, earlier yaũ < MChin, equiv. to Chin yàng appearance) + nara if it be (ni essive particle + ara subjunctive s. of existential v.)
1870–75; < Japn sayō-nara, equiv. to sayō thus (sa that + yō, earlier yaũ < MChin, equiv. to Chin yàng appearance) + nara if it be (ni essive particle + ara subjunctive s. of existential v.)
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| sa·yo·na·ra (sī'ə-när'ə) interj. Goodbye. [Japanese sayōnara : sayō, thus (sa, that + yō, appearance from Middle Chinese jiang) + nara, if it be, indeed.] |
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sayonara
"farewell, good-bye" 1875, from Japanese, lit. "if it is to be that way," from sayo "that way," + nara "if."
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