rooja

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rooja. Cognates include Finnish ruoja and Estonian roe.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈroːjɑ/, [ˈroːj]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈroːjɑ/, [ˈro̝ːjɑ]
• Rhymes: -oːj, -oːjɑ
• Hyphenation: roo‧ja

Noun

rooja

1. dirt, mud

Declension

Declension of rooja (type 3/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	rooja	roojat
genitive	roojan	roojiin
partitive	roojaa	roojia
illative	roojaa	roojii
inessive	roojaas	roojiis
elative	roojast	roojist
allative	roojalle	roojille
adessive	roojaal	roojiil
ablative	roojalt	roojilt
translative	roojaks	roojiks
essive	roojanna, roojaan	roojinna, roojiin
exessive1)	roojant	roojint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• retu

Derived terms

• roojakas
• roojata

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 488