hijo

• ijo

From Old Javanese, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qizaw.

hijo

1. alternative form of ijo

hijo

1. alternative form of ijo

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qizaw.

hijo

1. green

Inherited from Old Spanish fijo, from Latin fīlius (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈixo/ [ˈi.xo]

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• Rhymes: -ixo
• Syllabification: hi‧jo

hijo m (plural hijos, feminine hija, feminine plural hijas)

1. son
2. child (when the gender of the child is unknown)

• Papiamentu: yiu
• → Tagalog: iho

• “hijo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024