Indio

See also: indio and índio

English

Proper noun

Indio

1. A city in Riverside County, California, United States.

Anagrams

• iodin, diion, Idoni, dinoi

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Indiyo, indiyo
• Indyo, indyo

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish indio (“native of the Spanish East Indies, especially the Captaincy General of the Philippines”). The term in Spanish itself was originally neutral in connotation, just like how it is perceived with Native Americans in Latin America and Indians from India, called in the same way in Spanish. It later became understood as a derogatory term in the Philippines in the later years of the Spanish colonial period, especially during the Philippine Revolution, likely due to some historical condescending usage. See indoy (“ugly”). See also Indonesian inlander, Cebuano inday.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔindiˈo/ [ʔɪn̪ˈd͡ʒo], /ˈʔindio/ [ˈʔin̪.d͡ʒo]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔindiˈo/ [ʔɪn̪ˈd̪jo], (no yod coalescence) /ˈʔindio/ [ˈʔin̪.d̪jo]
• Rhymes: -o, -indio
• Syllabification: In‧di‧o

Noun

Indió or Índió (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜓ)

1. (historical, derogatory) native of the Philippines (during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines)

Derived terms

• indoy

 

See also

• Sangley / Tsino
• mestiso / mestisa
• insulares
• peninsulares
• Kastila / Espanyol
• Amerikano
• Filipino
• Negrito

Further reading

• “Indio”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “Indio”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “INDIO” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
• “INDIYO” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 336