Translingual

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Symbol

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iro

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

Afar

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Etymology

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Cognates include Saho iró.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iˈro/ [ʔɪˈɾɔ]
  • Hyphenation: i‧ro

Adverb

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iró

  1. high

Noun

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iró f (plural iroorá f)

  1. outside
  2. height, altitude

Declension

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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

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  • 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)

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qiduq.

Noun

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irò

  1. dog

Cebuano

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈʔiɾoʔ/ [ˈʔi.ɾ̪oʔ]

  • Hyphenation: i‧ro

Noun

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irò (Badlit spelling ᜁᜇᜓ)

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

Quotations

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From iri (to go) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. trip, course, run, going

Igbo

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Etymology

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(root word: ro)

Noun

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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

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  • 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

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Romanization

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iro

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いろ

Kari'na

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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iro

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

Inflection

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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

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References

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  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[2], 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[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[6], University of Oregon, pages 739, 940

Maori

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Etymology

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

Noun

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iro (used in a reduplicated form as iroiro)

  1. maggot

Old Saxon

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

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(h)iro

  1. her

Declension

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Old Saxon personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular 1st person ik , me, mik mīn
2nd person thū thī, thik thī thīn
3rd
person
m ina imu is
f siu sia iru ira
n it it is
dual 1st person wit unk unkero, unka
2nd person git ink inker, inka
plural 1st person , we ūs, unsik ūs ūser
2nd person , ge eu, iu, iuu euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
3rd
person
m sia im iro
f sia
n siu

Portuguese

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Verb

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iro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of irar

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈiɾo/ [ˈi.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -iɾo
  • Syllabification: i‧ro

Noun

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iro m (plural iros)

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

Surigaonon

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: i‧do

Noun

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idô

  1. dog

Welsh

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Etymology

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Cognate with Cornish ura.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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iro (first-person singular present iraf)

  1. to lubricate, oil
  2. to anoint

Conjugation

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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

Mutation

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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

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  • 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

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Noun

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iro

  1. howler monkey, Alouatta seniculus

References

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  • Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ[7] (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN

Yoruba

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Obìnrin kan tó ró ìró

Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ìró

  1. a cloth wrapped around a woman's lower body, usually made with six yards of fabric
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Etymology 2

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From ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to sound)

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ìró

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

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Compare with Olukumi úrò (ape)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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irò

  1. a general term for any species of great ape; gorilla, chimpanzee
    Synonyms: elégbèdè, ìnàkí
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Etymology 4

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ìrò

  1. thinking; the process of thinking
Derived terms
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Etymology 5

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From ì- +‎ ro

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ìro

  1. meanness, cruelty
    Synonyms: ìkà, ìwàkíwà

Etymology 6

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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iro

  1. brass bell