 "Ginoo" is also the Tagalog root for "Ginoóng", the modern equivalent of the English term "Mister" (akin to how Romance language terms like "señor" may be glossed as either "lord", "mister", or "sir").Ilocano meanwhile employs "Apo" for "Lord" in religious contexts; it is a particle that generally accords respect to an addressee of higher status than the speaker.In the Yoruba language of West Africa, the words "Olu" and "Oluwa" are used in much the same way as the English term.