yaro

Etymology

Compare Somali 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaro/

Noun

yaro (plural yari)

1. year

Pronunciation

• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Etymology

Cognate to Yanomamö yaro.

Noun

yaro (unclassified holonym; singulative yaro a, dual yaro kipë, plural yaro pë)

1. wild animal, game

References

• Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure‎, volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 115
• Emiri, Loretta (1987) Dicionário yãnomamè-português (dialeto wakathautheri)‎, Boa Vista: Comissão Pró-Índio de Roraima, page 85

Etymology

Cognate to Yanomam yaro.

Noun

yaro

1. wild animal, game
2. meat
3. dangerous wild beast, beast that has killed
4. enemy warrior

References

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