Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taino

/ˈtaɪ.noʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: Tai-no
IPA: /ˈtaɪ.noʊ/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

name

Their Arawakan language, now extinct.

name

A municipality in Lombardy, Italy.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno taino (“lord, noble, foremost”).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: Taino

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtaɪ.noʊ/
British English: /ˈtʌɪnəʊ/

Inflected Forms

Tainos (plural) Taíno (alternative)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Taíno terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Taíno terms Arawakan Caribbean Indigenous Amerindian

Questions

How do you pronounce taino?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtaɪ.noʊ/.
What does taino mean?: A member of a group of pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.
Where does taino come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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