iro

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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-Bisayan *qiduq, from Proto-Philippine *qiduq.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈʔiɾoʔ/

  • Hyphenation: i‧ro

Noun

irò (Badlit spelling ᜁᜇᜓ)

  1. dog
    Synonym: ayam
  2. ablutophobic person
  3. despicable person
  4. dog meat

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

(root word: ro)

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

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

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

Surigaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *qiduq, from Proto-Philippine *qiduq.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: i‧do

Noun

idô

  1. dog

Welsh

Etymology

Cognate with Cornish ura.

Pronunciation

Verb

iro (first-person singular present iraf)

  1. to lubricate, oil
  2. to anoint

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of iro
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
iro unchanged unchanged hiro

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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) +‎ (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) +‎ (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

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

Etymology 4

From ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (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