rutuba

See also: Rutuba

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps a blend of ruō (“hurry, rush”) +‎ turba (“stir”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈru.tu.ba/, [ˈrʊt̪ʊbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.tu.ba/, [ˈruːt̪ubä]

Noun

rutuba f (genitive rutubae); first declension

1. confusion, turmoil

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rutuba	rutubae
Genitive	rutubae	rutubārum
Dative	rutubae	rutubīs
Accusative	rutubam	rutubās
Ablative	rutubā	rutubīs
Vocative	rutuba	rutubae

Synonyms

• perturbatiō

References

• “rutuba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rutuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُطُوبَة (ruṭūba).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

rutuba (n class, plural rutuba)

1. moistness, dampness
2. fertility (of the land)

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -rutubisha
  • Stative: -rutubika