Taino

See also: taino, taíno, and Taíno

English

Alternative forms

• Taíno

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪnoʊ/

Noun

1. A group of pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.

Translations

person

• Portuguese: taíno m
• Russian: таи́но m (taíno)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: taíno (es)

Proper noun

Taino

1. Their Arawakan language, now extinct.

Translations

language

• Portuguese: taíno m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: таи́но m (taíno)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Taíno terms

Further reading

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(international standards) language code for [[w:ISO 639:Taino|]].

• Ethnologue entry for Taino, tnq ⁠

Anagrams

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

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French

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Taino ?

1. Taino (language and people)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.