"Negrito" meaning in All languages combined

See Negrito on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Negritos [plural], Negritoes [plural], Negrito [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Philippine Spanish negrito (“short dark-skinned person”), from negro (“black person; dark-skinned person”) + -ito (“small; short; little”, diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es-PH|negrito||short dark-skinned person}} Borrowed from Philippine Spanish negrito (“short dark-skinned person”), {{af|es|negro|-ito|nocat=1|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=black person; dark-skinned person|t2=small; short; little}} negro (“black person; dark-skinned person”) + -ito (“small; short; little”, diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|es|*}} Negrito (plural Negritos or Negritoes or Negrito)
  1. A member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia. Translations (member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia): նեգրիտոս (negritos) (Armenian), 尼格利陀人 (nígélìtuórén) (Chinese Mandarin), 矮黑人 (ǎihēirén) (Chinese Mandarin), negriitti (Finnish), негрито́с (negritós) [masculine] (Russian), negrito (Spanish), Negrito (Tagalog)

Noun [Tagalog]

IPA: /neˈɡɾito/ [Standard-Tagalog], [n̪ɛˈɡɾiː.t̪o] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -ito Etymology: Borrowed from Philippine Spanish negrito (“short dark-skinned person”), from negro (“black person; dark-skinned person”) + -ito (“small; short; little”, diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor+|tl|es-PH|negrito||short dark-skinned person}} Borrowed from Philippine Spanish negrito (“short dark-skinned person”), {{af|es|negro|-ito|nocat=1|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=black person; dark-skinned person|t2=small; short; little}} negro (“black person; dark-skinned person”) + -ito (“small; short; little”, diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} Negrito (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)
  1. Negrito (a member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of the Philippines, such as the Aeta people, or by extension, Southeast Asia) Related terms: negra, negro, Negro, Negros, singko-negritos

Inflected forms

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