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Q. yonyo n. “(big) boy, son” (Category: Boy)

Q. yonyo, n. “(big) boy, son” (Category: Boy)

A name for the middle finger in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s, variously glossed “big boy” (VT47/10), “son” (VT47/16) or “boy, son” (VT47/27). As a finger name, it was revised to hanno “brother”, but it seems likely it could still be used as an ordinary (though possibly diminutive/affectionate) word for “boy” or “son”.

References ✧ VT47/10, 16, 27

Glosses

“big boy” ✧ VT47/10
“boy, son” ✧ VT47/27
“son” ✧ VT47/16

yonyo “(big) boy, son” is a diminutive of yondo “son, boy”

Changes

yonyo “big boy” >> hanno “brother” ✧ VT47/10

Derivations

< √YON¹ “son”