iro
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
iro
Afar edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
iró
Noun edit
iró f (plural iroorá f)
Declension edit
Declension of iró | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | iró | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | iró | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | iró | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | iró | |||||||||||||||||
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References edit
- 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)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Asi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qiduq.
Noun edit
irò
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From older ido, from Proto-Philippine *qiduq.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
irò (Badlit spelling ᜁᜇᜓ)
- a dog
- Synonym: ayam
- an ablutophobic person
- a despicable person
- dog meat; the flesh and other edible parts derived from dogs
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:iro.
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
iro (accusative singular iron, plural iroj, accusative plural irojn)
Igbo edit
Etymology edit
From Igbo.
(root word: ro)
Noun edit
iro
- tale, folktale (Ọnịcha: irò)
- enemy, (Achala/Anam: irō), hatred (Ọnịcha: író)
- an expanse or space (central Igbo: ìro)
- outside (central Igbo: ìro)
Further reading edit
- 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 edit
Romanization edit
iro
Kari'na edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *irô (inanimate anaphoric demonstrative pronoun); compare Apalaí yro, Trió irë, Wayana ilë, Hixkaryana àro, Waiwai ero, Ye'kwana iyö.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
iro
- the inanimate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun; this (aforementioned), this that was just spoken of
Inflection edit
category | inanimate pronoun | animate pronoun | |||
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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 edit
References edit
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 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[3], 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[4], 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[5], Paris, 1956, page 178
- Yamada, Racquel-María (2010), “iro”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume, University of Oregon, page 739, 940
Maori edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulej, (compare Indonesian ulat (“caterpillar”), Malay ulat (“worm, maggot”), Fijian ulo, Chamorro ulo').
Noun edit
iro (used in a reduplicated form as iroiro)
Old Saxon edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *hiz.
Pronoun edit
(h)iro
Declension edit
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 | - | - | - | |
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 edit
Verb edit
iro
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
iro m (plural iros)
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɪrɔ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈiːrɔ/, /ˈɪrɔ/
Verb edit
iro (first-person singular present iraf)
Conjugation edit
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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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 |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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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 edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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 edit
- 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 edit
Noun edit
iro
References edit
- Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
- ùró (CY, SEY)
Etymology 1 edit
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ró (“to wrap”), probably from Proto-Yoruboid *ù-ló, compare with Igala ùló
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ìró
- a cloth wrapped around a woman's lower body, usually made with six yards of fabric
Derived terms edit
- oníròó (“one with a cloth wrapper”)
Etymology 2 edit
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ró (“to sound”)
Alternative forms edit
- ùró (CY, SEY)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ìró
- sound; noise
- (by extension) distant news or information on someone or something
- Synonym: ìròyìn
- (phonetics) speech sound
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Compare with Olukumi úrò (“ape”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
irò
Related terms edit
- ọṣà (“chimpanzee”)
- ọ̀bọ (“monkey”)
Etymology 4 edit
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + rò (“to think”), see èrò (“thought”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ìrò
Derived terms edit
Etymology 5 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ìro
Etymology 6 edit
Compare with Igala ílo, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *í-lo
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
iro