aro

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aro"

Symbol

aro

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Araona.

Etymology

Clipping of aromantic. Coined on the Internet in the 2010s.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ɹəʊ/
- (US) /ˈɛɹ.oʊ/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Homophone: arrow
Rhymes: -æɹəʊ

Adjective

aro (comparative more aro, superlative most aro)

(slang, neologism) Aromantic (not experiencing romantic attraction).
- 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:
  For ace and aro people, the possibilities for diverse relationships are endless, despite how pop culture often brands our identity as restrictive and confined.
- 2017 October 26, Melissa Reph, “You might not like hearing this, but I don't like 'Riverdale'”, in The Muhlenberg Weekly, Muhlenberg College, page 3:
  For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind.
- 2018 November 29, Alexis Stark, “A-spectrum student experiences on MSU's campus”, in The State News, Michigan State University, page 5:
  This provides a home base for people looking to learn more about ace and aro identities.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aro.

Derived terms

Noun

aro (plural aros)

(slang, neologism) A person who is aromantic.
- 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:
  While aces and aros can often be a misunderstood demographic in the queer community and outside of it, information about our identities is making its way into more conversations.
- 2018 October 19, Isabel Nathan, “Asexuals, you are not alone”, in Washington Blade, page 20:
  Now most of my social circle is made up of other aces and aros.
- 2019 October 24, Chelaine Kirsh, “Let's talk about aces, baby”, in The Sheaf, University of Saskatchewan, page 11:
  Building off from this calling card, aros have a more obscure variation of this where they don white rings.

Anagrams

AOR, AoR, OAR, Ora, ROA, Rao, Roa, oar, ora

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈro/ [ʔʌˈɾɔ]

Hyphenation: a‧ro

Noun

aró f

bite (act of biting)

References

Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Noun

aro m (plural aro, definite arua)

Dogançe form of aeroplan
Dogançe form of arixhi

References

Haxhihasani, Qemal (1964) “Elemente nga fjalori i dogançes, fragmente bisedash dhe tekste në këtë të folme”, in Studime filologjike‎, number III, page 149

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɾo/ [a.ɾo]
Rhymes: -aɾo
Hyphenation: a‧ro

Etymology 1

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

Noun

aro inan

time, season
age, era
Erdi Aroa ― Middles Ages
(Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin) weather

Declension

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	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	aro	aroa	aroak
ergative	arok	aroak	aroek
dative	arori	aroari	aroei
genitive	aroren	aroaren	aroen
comitative	arorekin	aroarekin	aroekin
causative	arorengatik	aroarengatik	aroengatik
benefactive	arorentzat	aroarentzat	aroentzat
instrumental	aroz	aroaz	aroez
inessive	arotan	aroan	aroetan
locative	arotako	aroko	aroetako
allative	arotara	arora	aroetara
terminative	arotaraino	aroraino	aroetaraino
directive	arotarantz	arorantz	aroetarantz
destinative	arotarako	arorako	aroetarako
ablative	arotatik	arotik	aroetatik
partitive	arorik	—	—
prolative	arotzat	—	—

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Declension of aro (inanimate, ending in vowel)

Derived terms

urtaro (“season”)

Etymology 2

From Spanish aro (“ring”).^[1]

Noun

aro inan

wreath, garland
ring, circle

Declension

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	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	aro	aroa	aroak
ergative	arok	aroak	aroek
dative	arori	aroari	aroei
genitive	aroren	aroaren	aroen
comitative	arorekin	aroarekin	aroekin
causative	arorengatik	aroarengatik	aroengatik
benefactive	arorentzat	aroarentzat	aroentzat
instrumental	aroz	aroaz	aroez
inessive	arotan	aroan	aroetan
locative	arotako	aroko	aroetako
allative	arotara	arora	aroetara
terminative	arotaraino	aroraino	aroetaraino
directive	arotarantz	arorantz	aroetarantz
destinative	arotarako	arorako	aroetarako
ablative	arotatik	arotik	aroetatik
partitive	arorik	—	—
prolative	arotzat	—	—

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Declension of aro (inanimate, ending in vowel)

References

[1]
“aro” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Etymology

Back-formation from -aro (“collection”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈaro]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -aro
Hyphenation: a‧ro

Noun

aro (accusative singular aron, plural aroj, accusative plural arojn)

bunch
aro da kliŝaĵoj pri kaj Eŭropo kaj la nova traktato ― a bunch of clichés about both Europe and the new treaty

Related terms

ariĝi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aro (compare Estonian aru), probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *arɜ (compare Erzya аразь (araź, “lack”), Northern Khanty [script needed] (wuri), Northern Mansi [script needed] (ūraj)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑro/, [ˈɑ̝ro̞]
Rhymes: -ɑro
Hyphenation^(key): aro

Noun

aro

steppe
(dialectal) humid or swampy meadow or plain

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Inflection of aro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		aro	arot
genitive		aron	arojen
partitive		aroa	aroja
illative		aroon	aroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		aro	arot
accusative	nom.	aro	arot
accusative	gen.	aron	arot
genitive		aron	arojen
partitive		aroa	aroja
inessive		arossa	aroissa
elative		arosta	aroista
illative		aroon	aroihin
adessive		arolla	aroilla
ablative		arolta	aroilta
allative		arolle	aroille
essive		arona	aroina
translative		aroksi	aroiksi
abessive		arotta	aroitta
instructive		—	aroin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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Possessive forms of aro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		aroni	aroni
accusative	nom.	aroni	aroni
accusative	gen.	aroni	aroni
genitive		aroni	arojeni
partitive		aroani	arojani
inessive		arossani	aroissani
elative		arostani	aroistani
illative		arooni	aroihini
adessive		arollani	aroillani
ablative		aroltani	aroiltani
allative		arolleni	aroilleni
essive		aronani	aroinani
translative		arokseni	aroikseni
abessive		arottani	aroittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	aroineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		arosi	arosi
accusative	nom.	arosi	arosi
accusative	gen.	arosi	arosi
genitive		arosi	arojesi
partitive		aroasi	arojasi
inessive		arossasi	aroissasi
elative		arostasi	aroistasi
illative		aroosi	aroihisi
adessive		arollasi	aroillasi
ablative		aroltasi	aroiltasi
allative		arollesi	aroillesi
essive		aronasi	aroinasi
translative		aroksesi	aroiksesi
abessive		arottasi	aroittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	aroinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		aromme	aromme
accusative	nom.	aromme	aromme
accusative	gen.	aromme	aromme
genitive		aromme	arojemme
partitive		aroamme	arojamme
inessive		arossamme	aroissamme
elative		arostamme	aroistamme
illative		aroomme	aroihimme
adessive		arollamme	aroillamme
ablative		aroltamme	aroiltamme
allative		arollemme	aroillemme
essive		aronamme	aroinamme
translative		aroksemme	aroiksemme
abessive		arottamme	aroittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	aroinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		aronne	aronne
accusative	nom.	aronne	aronne
accusative	gen.	aronne	aronne
genitive		aronne	arojenne
partitive		aroanne	arojanne
inessive		arossanne	aroissanne
elative		arostanne	aroistanne
illative		aroonne	aroihinne
adessive		arollanne	aroillanne
ablative		aroltanne	aroiltanne
allative		arollenne	aroillenne
essive		aronanne	aroinanne
translative		aroksenne	aroiksenne
abessive		arottanne	aroittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	aroinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		aronsa	aronsa
accusative	nom.	aronsa	aronsa
accusative	gen.	aronsa	aronsa
genitive		aronsa	arojensa
partitive		aroaan aroansa	arojaan arojansa
inessive		arossaan arossansa	aroissaan aroissansa
elative		arostaan arostansa	aroistaan aroistansa
illative		aroonsa	aroihinsa
adessive		arollaan arollansa	aroillaan aroillansa
ablative		aroltaan aroltansa	aroiltaan aroiltansa
allative		arolleen arollensa	aroilleen aroillensa
essive		aronaan aronansa	aroinaan aroinansa
translative		arokseen aroksensa	aroikseen aroiksensa
abessive		arottaan arottansa	aroittaan aroittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	aroineen aroinensa

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Derived terms

compounds

References

“aro”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

Anagrams

ora

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Etymology

Unclear. Perhaps from local Medieval Latin arum (“monastical farmland”), from Latin arvum, from arvus, with posterior semantic evolution "lands of a monastery" > "border" > "ring". Alternatively, from a substrate language.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈaɾʊ]

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

hoop, circle, ring
Synonyms: anel, cerco, círculo
handle (round)
Synonym: anca
loon (bird)

References

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

[1]
Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “aro I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Alternative forms

ayo

Etymology

From Proto-Tani *rjo, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-laj ~ s-lej. Cognate with Tibetan ལྕེ (lce), Garo sre and Chinese 舌 (shé).

Noun

aro

tongue

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Bengali আর (ar).

Conjunction

aro

and, in addition to

References

Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 337

Noun

arô

leprosy

Verb

aro

first-person singular present indicative of arare

Anagrams

Ora, ora

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-. The root-final laryngeal was lost in the Proto-Indo-European verb, but was restored in Proto-Italic.

Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀρόω (aróō), Old Church Slavonic орати (orati), Lithuanian arti, and Old English erian (archaic English ear).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.roː/, [ˈäroː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ro/, [ˈäːro]

Verb

arō (present infinitive arāre, perfect active arāvī, supine arātum); first conjugation

to plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage
(of age) to draw furrows over the body, wrinkle

Conjugation

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indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	arō	arās	arat	arāmus	arātis	arant
	imperfect	arābam	arābās	arābat	arābāmus	arābātis	arābant
	future	arābō	arābis	arābit	arābimus	arābitis	arābunt
	perfect	arāvī	arāvistī	arāvit	arāvimus	arāvistis	arāvērunt, arāvēre
	pluperfect	arāveram	arāverās	arāverat	arāverāmus	arāverātis	arāverant
	future perfect	arāverō	arāveris	arāverit	arāverimus	arāveritis	arāverint
passive	present	aror	arāris, arāre	arātur	arāmur	arāminī	arantur
	imperfect	arābar	arābāris, arābāre	arābātur	arābāmur	arābāminī	arābantur
	future	arābor	arāberis, arābere	arābitur	arābimur	arābiminī	arābuntur
	perfect	arātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	arātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	arātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	arem	arēs	aret	arēmus	arētis	arent
	imperfect	arārem	arārēs	arāret	arārēmus	arārētis	arārent
	perfect	arāverim	arāverīs	arāverit	arāverīmus	arāverītis	arāverint
	pluperfect	arāvissem	arāvissēs	arāvisset	arāvissēmus	arāvissētis	arāvissent
passive	present	arer	arēris, arēre	arētur	arēmur	arēminī	arentur
	imperfect	arārer	arārēris, arārēre	arārētur	arārēmur	arārēminī	arārentur
	perfect	arātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	arātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	arā	—	—	arāte	—
active	future	—	arātō	arātō	—	arātōte	arantō
passive	present	—	arāre	—	—	arāminī	—
passive	future	—	arātor	arātor	—	—	arantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		arāre	arāvisse	arātūrum esse	arārī	arātum esse	arātum īrī
participles		arāns	—	arātūrus	—	arātus	arandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		arandī	arandō	arandum	arandō	arātum	arātū

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Conjugation of arō (first conjugation)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Aromanian: ar, arari
Asturian: arar
Franco-Provençal: arar
Friulian: arâ
Istro-Romanian: oru
Italian: arare
Megleno-Romanian: ar, ărari
Occitan: arar
Old Catalan: arar
Old French: arer
Old Galician-Portuguese: arar
- Galician: arar
- Portuguese: arar
Romanian: ara, arare
Sardinian: arai, arare
Sicilian: arari
Spanish: arar
Venetan: arar

References

“aro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“aro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
aro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
aro in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Noun

aro

defense; protection

Adjective

aro

(dialectal, Betsimisaraka) Synonym of roa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu.

Noun

aro

pestle
pole for pounding rice

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

arò

fog

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (“front, facing part”).

Noun

aro

front (facing side)
Kua maringi i a koe ki runga i to aro.
You've spilt it down your front.
front (weather)
Ko te paenga e tūtaki ai ētahi hau whakapipi e rua, ka kīia he aro.
The boundary where two air masses meet is called a front.

Verb

aro (passive arohia or arongia or arotia)

(transitive) to turn toward something or someone
Me aro te kaikōrero ki te hunga turi, kia kite ai rātou i tōna waha e kōrero na.
The speaker should face toward the deaf people so that they can see her mouth when she is talking.

References

“aro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Etymology

From Pre-Nauruan *rua-ua, from Proto-Micronesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɑro]

Numeral

aro

two

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɾoː/

Noun

aro m (Arabic spelling ئارۆ)

Alternative form of arû (“cucumber”)

Declension

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Definite masculine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aro	aro
Construct	aroyê	aroyên
Oblique	aroyî	aroyan
Demonstrative oblique	wî aroyî	wan aroyan
Vocative	aroyo	aroyino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aroyek	aroyin
Construct	aroyekî	aroyine
Oblique	aroyekî	aroyinan

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References

Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aro”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 12

Alternative forms

arn, arin

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *arō, from Proto-Germanic *arô.

Noun

aro m

eagle

Declension

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case	singular	plural
nominative	aro	aron, arun
accusative	aron, arun	aron, arun
genitive	aren, arin	arōno
dative	aren, arin	arōm, arōn

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Declension of aro (masculine n-stem)

Derived terms

Old High German: adalaro
- Middle High German: adelare, adelar
  - German: Adler, (older) Adelaar
  - → Dutch: adelaar
  - → Low German: Aadler, Oodler
  - → Saterland Frisian: Oadler, Oadeler
  - → Plautdietsch: Odla, Oodler

Descendants

Middle High German: are, ar
- German: Aar (poetic)

Alternative forms

*arn, *aran

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *arō, from Proto-Germanic *arô.

Noun

aro m

eagle

Descendants

Middle Low German: ārn, arne, arnt, arndt, aren, ārent
- Low German: Aar, Arend

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɾu/

Rhymes: -aɾu
Hyphenation: a‧ro

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese aro of uncertain origin, probably from Latin arvum (“field”) with the initial meaning of outskirts and later rim, since those where usually circular in shape. First attested in c. 13th century.^[1] Cognate with Spanish aro and Galician aro.

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

any large circular band of material
1. hoop (circular band of metal used to bind a barrel)
2. rim (outer edge of a wheel)
  aro de propulsão ― wheelchair's pushrim
3. the frame of eyeglasses
  Synonym: armação
4. juggling ring
  Synonym: argola
5. cheesevat
  Synonym: cincho
(archaic) outskirts (the region surrounding a city)
Synonym: periferia

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin arum.

Alternative forms

arão, arum, árum, jarro, jaro

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

arum (any plant in the genus Arum)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aro

first-person singular present indicative of arar

References

“aro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
“aro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“aro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

[1]
José Pedro Machado (1995) “Aro”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 309

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (“front, facing part”).

Noun

aro

front (facing side)
ki te aro o ― to the front of

References

“aro”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

Noun

aro m

Alternative form of arro (“flour”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɾo/ [ˈa.ɾo]
Rhymes: -aɾo
Syllabification: a‧ro

Etymology 1

Unknown origin.

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

hoop
large ring
(Argentina, Chile, Paraguay) earring
Synonyms: arete, pendiente

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin arum.

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

arum lily

Alternative forms

jaro, yaro

Derived terms

aro gigante

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aro

first-person singular present indicative of arar

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hara +‎ -o. Related to Finnish hara and Estonian haru.

Pronunciation

(Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑro/, [ˈɑro]
Rhymes: -ɑro
Hyphenation: a‧ro

Noun

aro

rake

Inflection

More information Declension of (type II/võrkko, no gradation), singular ...

Declension of aro (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	aro	arod
genitive	aro	arojõ, aroi
partitive	arroa	aroitõ, aroi
illative	arrosõ, arro	aroisõ
inessive	aroz	aroiz
elative	arossõ	aroissõ
allative	arolõ	aroilõ
adessive	arollõ	aroillõ
ablative	aroltõ	aroiltõ
translative	arossi	aroissi
^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the terminative** is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ^*) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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References

Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “aro”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hadu, from Proto-Austronesian *Sadu. Cognate with Puyuma sadru and Limos Kalinga adu.

Adjective

aro

many; a lot

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ā.ɾō/

Noun

aro

cymbal
wọ́n ń lu aro
They are playing the cymbal

Etymology 2

From a- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rò (“to say, to lament”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ā.ɾò/

Noun

arò

dirge, lamentation; usually during a funeral

Derived terms

ìdárò

Related terms

(types of funeral dirges)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ā.ɾó/

Noun

aró

a type of yam; Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata
Synonym: iṣu aró

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iṣu (“yam”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ā.ɾó/

Noun

aró

dye; (in particular) indigo dye
Synonym: ẹ̀lú
(by extension) dark blue; indigo

Derived terms

aláró (“someone who makes or sells dye”)
aró dídá (“dyeing”)
Ilé Aró (“a nickname for the town of Osogbo”)

[1] [1]
“aro” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

[2] [1]
Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “aro I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

[3] [1]
José Pedro Machado (1995) “Aro”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 309

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