ruai
See also: ruaí
French edit
Verb edit
ruai
- first-person singular past historic of ruer
Galician edit
Verb edit
ruai
- (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of ruar
Iban edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀuqaŋ. Cognate with Malay ruang.
Noun edit
ruai
Descendants edit
- → Malay: ruai
Kikuyu edit
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Cf. Maasai eluaai (“whistling thorn”).
Pronunciation edit
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.
Noun edit
ruai class 9/10 (plural ruai)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Maundu, Patrick and Bo Tengnäs (eds.) (2005). Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya, p. 61. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre—Eastern and Central Africa Regional Programme (ICRAF-ECA). →ISBN Accessed online 19 August 2018 via http://www.worldagroforestry.org/usefultrees
- ^ “ruai” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 407. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Iban ruai. Doublet of ruang.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ruai (Jawi spelling رواي, plural ruai-ruai or reruai, informal 1st possessive ruaiku, 2nd possessive ruaimu, 3rd possessive ruainya)
Further reading edit
- “ruai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
ruai