rito meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

rito

noun

The young leaves of the coconut palm, used in traditional weaving in the Pacific.

noun

/ˈɹitoʊ/

Etymology From New Mexico and Colorado Spanish rito, from Spanish río + -ito.

US, Rare A stream in the western US.

Many small streams and ritos flow down the slopes feeding the Rio Puerco, Chama and Jemez Rivers.1961, New Mexico Wildlife, volumes 6-10, page 3:
[…] to form tiny rills that descended and gathered into larger rititos that rollicked and frollicked as they tumbled down into the ritos that carried the spring run-offs and summer rains across alpine meadows […]1994, Roberto Andrés Lucero, Sangre Del Monte, page 125:

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On this day all the waters of the earth are blessed, the seas, the rivers and the ritos, the clear forest streams and all the muddy acequias meandering through the fields.2010, A. Kyce Bello, The Return of the River, page 192: