Afrikaans edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Dutch rauw.

Adjective edit

rou (attributive roue, comparative rouer, superlative rouste)

  1. raw

Etymology 2 edit

From Dutch rouwen.

Verb edit

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

  1. to mourn, grieve

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Back-formation from rouada, variant form of rosada.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rou m (plural rous)

  1. (Mallorca) dew
    Synonym: rosada

Further reading edit

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French roue.

Noun edit

rou

  1. wheel

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

rou

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

Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

rou

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

Usage notes edit

  • 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 edit

Noun edit

rou

  1. leaf

References edit

  • 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 edit

Noun edit

rou

  1. Alternative form of ro (roe deer)

Palauan edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rou

  1. reflected light of the moon

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rou

  1. foot
  2. leg

References edit

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

Wolio edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Balantak ro'up.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rou

  1. face

References edit

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