yaro

See also: yarō

Hausa

Etymology

Compare Somali [script needed] (yar, “small”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jáː.ɽòː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [jáː.ɽòː]

Noun

yārṑ m (feminine yārinyā̀, plural yârā, possessed form yāròn)

1. boy, child
2. A follower of a chief or similar person.
3. servant, retainer

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto jaro, English year, German Jahr, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *jērą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaro/

Noun

yaro (plural yari)

1. year

Derived terms

• centyaro (“centenary”)
• yara (“annual”, adjective)
• yarcento (“century”)
• yardeko (“decade”)
• yare (“yearly”, adverb)
• yarmilo (“millennium”)

 

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaɾo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝaɾo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃaɾo/ [ˈʃa.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒaɾo/ [ˈʒa.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: ya‧ro

Noun

yaro m (plural yaros)

1. Alternative form of aro (arum lily)

Further reading

• “yaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014