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ino

1. water

• International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics (Department of Linguistics, University of Kerala), volumes 12-13 (1983), page 86: Jw. migway water, O. inge water (Brown) O. iŋe water (Ganguli), A. ino water

ino

1. water

• The Rosetta Project, Aka-Kora Swadesh List

• IPA^(key): /enɒ/

ino

1. seed

Back-formation from -ino (“female”).

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• IPA^(key): /ˈino/
• Hyphenation: i‧no
• Rhymes: -ino

ino (accusative singular inon, plural inoj, accusative plural inojn)

1. a female

• (biology) femalo

• (neologism) iĉo (“a male”)
• (biology) masklo
• virseksulo

• ina (“female”)
• virino (“woman”)
• viro (“man”)

Adjective use of the diminutive: suffix -ino.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.no/, [ˈiːn̺o]
• Stress: ìno
• Hyphenation: i‧no

ino (feminine singular ina, masculine plural ini, feminine plural ine)

1. (familiar) Used to emphasize the smallness of an already mentioned person or thing.

   Abbiamo trovato un appartamentino, ma proprio ino. ― We found a small apartment, just really small.

   Ne prendo ancora un pezzettino, ma ino ino. ― I'll have another bit, just a really, really small one.

• Often used more than once in succession.

• minuscolo
• minuto
• piccolo

ino

1. water

• S. Manoharan, A Descriptive and Comparative Study of Andamanese Language (1989)
• Indian Linguistics (volume 16-17)
• A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, The Andaman Islanders

ino

1. woman

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

ino

1. (regional) only, just

Borrowed from Japanese 犬 (inu, “dog”).

ino

1. dog