aoro

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ahorro (“savings”), from horro (“free”), from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free, noble, virtuous”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈoɾo/ [ʔɐˈoː.ɾo], /ʔaˈʔoɾo/ [ʔɐˈʔoː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: a‧o‧ro

Noun

aoro (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜓᜇᜓ or ᜀᜂᜇᜓ)

1. saving (action of saving)

   Synonyms: tipid, ipon, pagtitipid, pag-iipon, impok

2. savings (something that is saved)

   Synonyms: ipon, naipon, natipid, aorado, natira, impok, naimpok

Related terms

• aorado

 

See also

• deposito

 

Further reading

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 62
• 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 19

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.o.ro/

Noun

aoro

1. a frog

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics (as áoro)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• àwòrò
• àghòrò

Etymology

From Proto-Yoruba *à-ɣòrò, from Proto-Edekiri *à-ɣòrò, equivalent to à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ò (“to look”) +‎ rò (“to tell”), literally “The one who looks [at what the orisha say in obì divination] and then tells”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ò.ɾò/

Noun

àòrò

1. (Ekiti) a male priest, often the chief priest of a specific orisha or deity; see àòrò Ògún

   Synonym: aláòrò

Derived terms

• àòrò Ògún
• àòrò Ọbànị̀fọ̀n
• àòrò Ọ̀sanyìn