amoro

Common Romance, from Latin amor.

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• IPA^(key): [aˈmoro]
• Rhymes: -oro
• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ro

amoro (accusative singular amoron, plural amoroj, accusative plural amorojn)

1. lovemaking (in the sense of sexual intercourse)
   • A. Angelo and J. van Scheepen (translators), Fontamara by Ignazio Silone, Chapter 3,

     multaj disiĝis de la fianĉino por kvar, ses aŭ ĝis dek jaroj kaj ĉe la reveno edziĝis; aliaj edziĝis la tagon antaŭ la forveturo kaj post la unua nokto de amoro foriris malproksimen por kvar, ses aŭ dek jaroj [...]

     many were separated from their fiancées for four, six or up to ten years and married them when they came back; others were married the day before their departure, and after the first night of lovemaking went far away for four, six or ten years

Derived from amorar (“to love”) +‎ -o (“noun”). Borrowed from French amour, Italian amore, Spanish amor. Decision no. 1145, Progreso VI.

• IPA^(key): /aˈmoro/

amoro (uncountable)

1. love (romantic)

   Me amas mea tota familio, ma me ne amoras irgu kom mea spozo.

   I love my whole family, but I don't love anyone like my spouse.

2. Love, Cupid, Eros (the various gods of love)

   Synonym: Amorodeo

• amorala

• amo (“love”)

From Proto-Cariban *ômô (“you”) + *rô (emphatic particle). Compare Apalaí omoro, Trió ëmë, Wayana ëmë, Waiwai amoro, Hixkaryana omoro, Akawaio amörö, Macushi amîrî, Pemon amörö, Ye'kwana amödö.

• IPA^(key): [amoːɺ̢o]

amoro

1. the second-person singular pronoun; you

• amorompo

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 52, 224
• Meira, Sérgio (2002) “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages‎^[2], Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “amoro”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 82; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[3], Paris, 1956, page 84