See also: Iro, îro, -irò, and író

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

iro

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

AfarEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognates include Saho iró.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /iˈɾo/
  • Hyphenation: i‧ro

AdverbEdit

iró

  1. high

NounEdit

iró f (plural iroorá f)

  1. outside
  2. height, altitude

DeclensionEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  • 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)

AsiEdit

NounEdit

irò

  1. dog

CebuanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From older ido.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: i‧ro

NounEdit

iro

  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

QuotationsEdit

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From iri (to go) +‎ -o.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. trip, course, run, going

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

iro

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いろ

MaoriEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Austronesian (compare Indonesian ulat (caterpillar), Malay ulat (worm, maggot), Fijian ulo, Chamorro ulo').

NounEdit

iro (used in a reduplicated form as iroiro)

  1. maggot

Old SaxonEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

PronounEdit

(h)iro

  1. her

DeclensionEdit

PortugueseEdit

VerbEdit

iro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of irar

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

iro m (plural iros)

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

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with Cornish ura.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

iro (first-person singular present iraf)

  1. to lubricate, oil
  2. to anoint

ConjugationEdit

MutationEdit

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 readingEdit

  • 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

YorubaEdit

 
Obìnrin kan tó ró ìró

Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ìró

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

Etymology 2Edit

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

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ìró

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

Etymology 3Edit

Compare with Olukumi úrò (ape)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

irò

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

Etymology 4Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ìrò

  1. thinking; the process of thinking
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 5Edit

From ì- +‎ ro

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ìro

  1. meanness, cruelty
    Synonyms: ìkà, ìwàkíwà

Etymology 6Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

iro

  1. brass bell