iro

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "iro"

Translingual

Symbol

iro

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Iroquoian languages.

Afar

Etymology

Cognates include Saho iró.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈro/,
  • Hyphenation: i‧ro

Adverb

iró

  1. high

Noun

iró f (plural iroorá f)

  1. outside
  2. height, altitude

Declension

Declension of iró
absolutive iró
predicative iró
subjective iró
genitive iró
Postpositioned forms
l-case iról
k-case irók
t-case irót
h-case iróh

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “iro”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 38
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qiduq.

Noun

irò

  1. dog

Cebuano

Etymology

From older ido, from Proto-Philippine *qiduq.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: i‧ro
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔiɾoʔ/,

Noun

irò (Badlit spelling ᜁᜇᜓ)

  1. a dog
    Synonym: ayam
  2. an ablutophobic person
  3. a despicable person
  4. dog meat; the flesh and other edible parts derived from dogs

Quotations

Esperanto

Etymology

From iri (“to go”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

Noun

iro (accusative singular iron, plural iroj, accusative plural irojn)

  1. trip, course, run, going

Igbo

Etymology

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Noun

iro

  1. tale, folktale (Ọnịcha: irò)
  2. enemy, (Achala/Anam: irō), hatred (Ọnịcha: író)
  3. an expanse or space (central Igbo: ìro)
  4. outside (central Igbo: ìro)

Further reading

  • Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “iro”, in Igbo-English Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Igbo Language with an English-Igbo Index, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria Plc, →ISBN, page 73

Japanese

Romanization

iro

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いろ

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *irô (inanimate anaphoric demonstrative pronoun); compare Apalaí yro, Trió irë, Wayana ilë, Hixkaryana àro, Waiwai ero, Ye'kwana iyö.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

iro

  1. the inanimate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun; this (aforementioned), this that was just spoken of

Inflection

Kari'na demonstratives
category inanimate pronoun animate pronoun
singular plural singular plural
proximal visible ero erokon mose mòsaro(n), mojan, mòsékonV
invisible eny enykon
medial — — mòko mòkaro(n)
distal visible moro morokon moky mòkan, mókykonV
invisible mony monykon
anaphoric iro irokon inoro inaro(n), inorokonV
V. Venezuelan dialect.

Derived terms

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 53, 55, 277
  • Meira, Sérgio (2002) “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages‎, Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “iďo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 179; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 173
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “iŕo, iŕonembo, iŕoneme”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 184; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 178
  • Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “iro”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎, University of Oregon, pages 739, 940

Maori

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulej, (compare Indonesian ulat (“caterpillar”), Malay ulat (“worm, maggot”), Fijian ulo, Chamorro ulo').

Noun

iro (used in a reduplicated form as iroiro)

  1. maggot

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

(h)iro

  1. her

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns
Singular 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative ik thū hē siu it
Accusative mī, me, mik thī, thik ina sia
Dative mī thī imu iru it
Genitive mīn thīn is ira is
Dual 1. 2. - - -
Nominative wit git - - -
Accusative unk ink - - -
Dative
Genitive unkero, unka

inker, inka

- - -
Plural 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative wī, we gī, ge sia sia siu
Accusative ūs, unsik eu, iu, iuu
Dative ūs im
Genitive ūser euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera iro

Portuguese

Verb

iro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of irar

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiɾo/
  • Rhymes: -iɾo
  • Syllabification: i‧ro

Noun

iro m (plural iros)

  1. (rare) a Mohawk hairstyle
    Synonyms: cresta, mohicano

Welsh

Etymology

Cognate with Cornish ura.

Pronunciation

Verb

iro (first-person singular present iraf)

  1. to lubricate, oil
  2. to anoint

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future iraf iri ira irwn irwch irant irir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		irwn irit irai irem irech irent irid
preterite irais iraist irodd irasom irasoch irasant irwyd
pluperfect iraswn irasit irasai irasem irasech irasent irasid, iresid
present subjunctive irwyf irych iro irom iroch iront irer
imperative — ira ired irwn irwch irent irer
verbal noun iro
verbal adjectives iredig
iradwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future ira i, iraf i iri di irith o/e/hi, iriff e/hi irwn ni irwch chi iran nhw
conditional irwn i, irswn i iret ti, irset ti irai fo/fe/hi, irsai fo/fe/hi iren ni, irsen ni irech chi, irsech chi iren nhw, irsen nhw
preterite irais i, ires i iraist ti, irest ti irodd o/e/hi iron ni iroch chi iron nhw
imperative — ira — — irwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
iro unchanged unchanged hiro
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “iraf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yanomamö

Noun

iro

  1. howler monkey, Alouatta seniculus

References

  • Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN

Yoruba

Obìnrin kan tó ró ìró

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ró (“to wrap”), probably from Proto-Yoruboid *ù-ló, compare with Igala ùló

Pronunciation

Noun

ìró

  1. a cloth wrapped around a woman's lower body, usually made with six yards of fabric
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ró (“to sound”)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ìró

  1. sound; noise
  2. (by extension) distant news or information on someone or something
    Synonym: ìròyìn
  3. (phonetics) speech sound
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 3

Compare with Olukumi úrò (“ape”)

Pronunciation

Noun

irò

  1. a general term for any species of great ape; gorilla, chimpanzee
    Synonyms: elégbèdè, ìnàkí
Related terms

Etymology 4

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rò (“to think”), see èrò (“thought”)

Pronunciation

Noun

ìrò

  1. thinking; the process of thinking
Derived terms

Etymology 5

From ì- +‎ ro

Pronunciation

Noun

ìro

  1. meanness, cruelty
    Synonyms: ìkà, ìwàkíwà

Etymology 6

Compare with Igala ílo, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *í-lo

Pronunciation

Noun

iro

  1. brass bell
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