irio
English edit
Noun edit
irio (uncountable)
- (Kenya) A Kenyan dish of mashed potatoes, maize, and other vegetables.
- 2010, Barbara Sheen, Foods of Kenya, page 21:
- There are almost as many ways to prepare irio as there are Kenyan cooks. Irio almost always starts with potatoes, corn, and beans, but then Kenyan cooks add any number of other ingredients to the dish. Spinach, fried onions, vegetables, […]
Kikuyu edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun edit
irio class 8[1]
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “irio” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 390. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Unknown.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈiː.ri.oː/, [ˈiːrioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.ri.o/, [ˈiːrio]
Noun edit
īriō m or f (genitive īriōnis); third declension
- a siliquose plant, probably a member of the genera Barbarea (wintercress or yellow rocket) or Sisymbrium (comprising several species of mustard and rocket)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:irio.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | īriō | īriōnēs |
Genitive | īriōnis | īriōnum |
Dative | īriōnī | īriōnibus |
Accusative | īriōnem | īriōnēs |
Ablative | īriōne | īriōnibus |
Vocative | īriō | īriōnēs |
Synonyms edit
- (siliquose plant of Barbarea or Sisymbrium): erysimon, sisymbrium, vela
References edit
- “īrĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- īrĭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 856/3
- “Īriō” on page 966/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- ^ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “irio”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 718
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
irio