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rou

See also: Rou, ROU, róu, ròu, rǒu, ro'u, and Appendix:Variations of "rou"

Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch rauw.

Adjective

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rou (attributive roue, comparative rouer, superlative rouste)

  1. raw

Etymology 2

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From Dutch rouwen.

Verb

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rou (present rou, present participle rouende, past participle gerou)

  1. to mourn, grieve

Catalan

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Etymology

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Back-formation from rouada, variant form of rosada.

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Noun

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rou m (plural rous)

  1. (Mallorca) dew
    Synonym: rosada

Further reading

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French roue.

Noun

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rou

  1. wheel

Japanese

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Romanization

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rou

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ろう
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ロウ

Mandarin

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Romanization

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rou

  1. Nonstandard spelling of róu.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of rǒu.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ròu.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Masimasi

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Noun

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rou

  1. leaf

References

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  • George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

Middle English

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Noun

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rou

  1. Alternative form of ro (“roe deer”)

Palauan

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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rou

  1. reflected light of the moon

Derived terms

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References

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  • rou in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
  • rou in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
  • rou in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 294.

Sahu

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Etymology

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From Proto-North Halmahera *ḋohu (“foot, leg”).

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Noun

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rou

  1. foot
  2. leg

References

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  • Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

Wolio

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Etymology

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Cognate with Balantak ro'up.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rou

  1. face

References

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  • Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris
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