Limburgish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz. The umlaut is unusual (compare Luxembourgish réi). It might be that the inflected stem, which was originally *hraw-, was reformed locally to *hrōj- (elsewhere hrō-, hrōw-, hrāw-). Compare Limburgish rüh, another term that has the same umlaut.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

rüë (masculine rüë, feminine rüë, comparative rüjjer, superlative rüëtste) (Eupen)

  1. raw (uncooked)
  2. unprocessed, crude, raw
  3. (figuratively) unrefined, rude, brutal