romu
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish romu. Until the late 20th century, the word was restricted to colloquial speech.
Noun
romu (genitive romu, partitive romu)
- wreck (a car)
- scrap, junk
Declension
Inflection of romu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | romu | romud |
| accusative | romu | romud |
| genitive | romu | romude |
| partitive | romu | romusid |
| illative | rommu romusse | romudesse |
| inessive | romus | romudes |
| elative | romust | romudest |
| allative | romule | romudele |
| adessive | romul | romudel |
| ablative | romult | romudelt |
| translative | romuks | romudeks |
| terminative | romuni | romudeni |
| essive | romuna | romudena |
| abessive | romuta | romudeta |
| comitative | romuga | romudega |
Finnish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -omu
Noun
romu
- scrap, junk, especially one that consists of metal objects.
- wreck, wreckage
Declension
| Inflection of romu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | romu | romut | |
| genitive | romun | romujen | |
| partitive | romua | romuja | |
| illative | romuun | romuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | romu | romut | |
| accusative | nom. | romu | romut |
| gen. | romun | ||
| genitive | romun | romujen | |
| partitive | romua | romuja | |
| inessive | romussa | romuissa | |
| elative | romusta | romuista | |
| illative | romuun | romuihin | |
| adessive | romulla | romuilla | |
| ablative | romulta | romuilta | |
| allative | romulle | romuille | |
| essive | romuna | romuina | |
| translative | romuksi | romuiksi | |
| instructive | — | romuin | |
| abessive | romutta | romuitta | |
| comitative | — | romuineen | |
Derived terms
- romuttaa
- romuttamo
- romuttua
Compounds
compounds
- avaruusromu
- peltiromu
- rautaromu
- romuarvo
- romuauto
- romukasa
- romukauppa
- romukauppias
- romukeräys
- romukoppa
- romukuorma
- romuliike
- romumetalli
- romunkerääjä
- romuralli
- romurauta
- romuvarasto
Anagrams
- muro