Taino

See also: taino, taíno, and Taíno

English

Etymology 1

From Taíno taino (“lord, noble, foremost”).

Alternative forms

• Taíno

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪnoʊ/

Noun

Taino (plural Tainos or Taino)

1. A member of a group of pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.
   • 2015, Donald H Sullivan, Turnbull's Slaves: A Minorcan Story - Plus Taino, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

     He was accepted as a Taino now and must adapt to their ways.

   • 2016, Hector Y. Adames, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, Cultural Foundations and Interventions in Latino/a Mental Health: History, Theory and within Group Differences, Routledge, →ISBN, page 24:

     Following the birth of a baby, Tainos would perform a naming ritual where the child would be pronounced as a Taino and a human being (Keegan, 1997).

Translations

person

• Portuguese: taíno m
• Russian: таи́но m (taíno)
• Spanish: taíno (es)

Proper noun

Taino

1. Their Arawakan language, now extinct.

Translations

language

• French: taïno (fr) m
• Portuguese: taíno m
• Russian: таи́но m (taíno)
• Spanish: taíno (es) m

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Taíno terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code tnq (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Taino, tnq ⁠

Etymology 2

From Italian Taino.

Proper noun

Taino

1. A municipality in Lombardy, Italy.

Anagrams

• -ation, Aiton, Naito, Otani, Tiano, Tonia, anito

Italian

Proper noun

Taino ?

1. the municipality of Taino