"aro" meaning in Proto-Finnic

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Noun

Etymology: Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *arɜ (compare Northern Mansi [script needed] (ūraj), Northern Khanty [script needed] (wuri)). The original sense may have been “former, dried riverbed”. Etymology templates: {{inh|urj-fin-pro|fiu-pro|*arɜ}} Proto-Finno-Ugric *arɜ, {{cog|mns-nor|tr=ūraj}} Northern Mansi [script needed] (ūraj), {{cog|kca-nor|tr=wuri}} Northern Khanty [script needed] (wuri), {{m-g|former, dried riverbed}} “former, dried riverbed” Inflection templates: {{urj-fin-decl|aro}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], aro [nominative, singular], arot [nominative, plural], aron [accusative, singular], arot [accusative, plural], aron [genitive, singular], arodën [genitive, plural], aroidën [genitive, plural], aroda [partitive, singular], aroida [partitive, plural], arossa [inessive, singular], arohna [inessive, singular], aroissa [inessive, plural], aroihna [inessive, plural], arosta [elative, singular], aroista [elative, plural], arohën [illative, singular], aroihën [illative, plural], arolla [adessive, singular], aroilla [adessive, plural], arolta [ablative, singular], aroilta [ablative, plural], arolën [allative, singular], arolëk [allative, singular], aroilën [allative, plural], aroilëk [allative, plural], arona [essive, singular], aroina [essive, plural], aroksi [singular, translative], aroiksi [plural, translative], aron [instructive, singular], aroin [instructive, plural], aronëk [comitative, singular], aroinëk [comitative, plural], arotta [abessive, singular], aroitta [abessive, plural]
  1. swampy meadow Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-aro-urj-fin-pro-noun-e5QbyUgA Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Finnic nominals by type/rounded Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Proto-Finnic nominals by type/rounded: 78 22
  2. dry grassland, meadow Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-aro-urj-fin-pro-noun-aUzwyXyT Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "word": "aru"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "aro"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "North Karelian",
          "lang_code": "krl-nor",
          "word": "aro"
        },
        {
          "lang": "South Karelian",
          "lang_code": "krl-sou",
          "word": "aro"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Karelian",
      "lang_code": "krl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Võro",
      "lang_code": "vro",
      "word": "aro"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "fiu-pro",
        "3": "*arɜ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finno-Ugric *arɜ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mns-nor",
        "tr": "ūraj"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Mansi [script needed] (ūraj)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kca-nor",
        "tr": "wuri"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Khanty [script needed] (wuri)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "former, dried riverbed"
      },
      "expansion": "“former, dried riverbed”",
      "name": "m-g"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *arɜ (compare Northern Mansi [script needed] (ūraj), Northern Khanty [script needed] (wuri)). The original sense may have been “former, dried riverbed”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urj-fin-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arot",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arot",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arodën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroidën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroda",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroida",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arohna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arosta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arohën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroihën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arolla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroilla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arolta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroilta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arolën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arolëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arona",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroiksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aronëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arotta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroitta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aro"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/rounded",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "swampy meadow"
      ],
      "id": "en-aro-urj-fin-pro-noun-e5QbyUgA",
      "links": [
        [
          "swampy",
          "swampy"
        ],
        [
          "meadow",
          "meadow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dry grassland, meadow"
      ],
      "id": "en-aro-urj-fin-pro-noun-aUzwyXyT",
      "links": [
        [
          "dry",
          "dry"
        ],
        [
          "grassland",
          "grassland"
        ],
        [
          "meadow",
          "meadow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aro"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Finnic lemmas",
    "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/rounded",
    "Proto-Finnic nouns",
    "Proto-Finnic terms derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric",
    "Proto-Finnic terms inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric",
    "Requests for native script for Northern Khanty terms",
    "Requests for native script for Northern Mansi terms"
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "word": "aru"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "aro"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "North Karelian",
          "lang_code": "krl-nor",
          "word": "aro"
        },
        {
          "lang": "South Karelian",
          "lang_code": "krl-sou",
          "word": "aro"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Karelian",
      "lang_code": "krl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Võro",
      "lang_code": "vro",
      "word": "aro"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "fiu-pro",
        "3": "*arɜ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finno-Ugric *arɜ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mns-nor",
        "tr": "ūraj"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Mansi [script needed] (ūraj)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kca-nor",
        "tr": "wuri"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Khanty [script needed] (wuri)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "former, dried riverbed"
      },
      "expansion": "“former, dried riverbed”",
      "name": "m-g"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *arɜ (compare Northern Mansi [script needed] (ūraj), Northern Khanty [script needed] (wuri)). The original sense may have been “former, dried riverbed”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urj-fin-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arot",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arot",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arodën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroidën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroda",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroida",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arohna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arosta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arohën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroihën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arolla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroilla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arolta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroilta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arolën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arolëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arona",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroiksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aronëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arotta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aroitta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aro"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "urj-fin-pro:Landforms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "swampy meadow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swampy",
          "swampy"
        ],
        [
          "meadow",
          "meadow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dry grassland, meadow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dry",
          "dry"
        ],
        [
          "grassland",
          "grassland"
        ],
        [
          "meadow",
          "meadow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aro"
}

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