ru
TranslingualEdit
EtymologyEdit
Most likely from Clipping of English Russian
SymbolEdit
ru
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch ruw, from Middle Dutch ruuch, ru, from Old Dutch *rūh, from Proto-Germanic *rūhwaz. See the Dutch entry for more.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdjectiveEdit
ru (attributive ruwe, comparative ruwer, superlative ruuste)
BretonEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ru
ChuukeseEdit
NumeralEdit
ru
Related termsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Old French ru, riu, from Vulgar Latin rius, from Latin rīvus (“brook, small stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós, from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move, set in motion”) + *-wós.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ru m (plural rus)
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “ru”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GuaraníEdit
NounEdit
ru
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
ru
KabyleEdit
VerbEdit
ru
- to cry, shed tears
ConjugationEdit
MalayEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Shortened form of eru, from Proto-Malayic *(h)Aru, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *(h)aru, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)aru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)aʀuhu.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ru (Jawi spelling رو)
- Alternative form of eru
SynonymsEdit
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
ru
Usage notesEdit
- 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.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Low German.
AdjectiveEdit
ru (masculine and feminine ru, neuter ru or rutt, definite singular and plural ru or rue, comparative ruare, indefinite superlative ruast, definite superlative ruaste)
ReferencesEdit
- “ru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
SumerianEdit
RomanizationEdit
ru
- Romanization of 𒊒 (ru)
TarokEdit
EtymologyEdit
Cognate to Mapeo dɔ́ɔ́ ("fall, fall downwards"), Owere dò ("fall (as rain)").
VerbEdit
ru
- to fall (downwards)
ReferencesEdit
- R. Blench, The Benue-Congo languages
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zu˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐʊw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɹʊw˧˧]
- Homophone: du
Etymology 1Edit
VerbEdit
- to sing (a baby) to sleep
- hát ru ― to sing a lullaby
- (Can we date this quote?), Văn Thành Nho (lyrics and music), “Đất nước lời ru [Our Land, a Lullaby]”:
- Ru con, mẹ ru con,
Tiếng ru cả cuộc đời.
Ru con lời ru,
Cất lên từ ngàn đời.- Lull you, I lull you,
With the song of a lifetime.
Lull you, with a lullaby,
Resonating with eternity.
- Lull you, I lull you,
Etymology 2Edit
Probably a part of the r-series along with rày, răng, rứa, ri, rằng.
ParticleEdit
West MakianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ru
ReferencesEdit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics