rooi
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch rood, of which the inflected form is rooie in Northern Dutch (in particular Hollandic) colloquial speech. Further from Middle Dutch rôot, from Old Dutch rōd, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roːi̯/
Adjective
rooi (attributive rooie, comparative rooier, superlative rooiste)
- red
Derived terms
- rooibos
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roːi̯/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -oːi̯
Etymology 1
From rood through vocalisation of intervocalic -d- (in inflected forms).
Adjective
rooi (comparative rooier, superlative rooist)
- (informal, chiefly attributive) Alternative form of rood (“red”)
Inflection
| Inflection of rooi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | rooi | |||
| inflected | rooie | |||
| comparative | rooier | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | rooi | rooier | het rooist het rooiste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | rooie | rooiere | rooiste |
| n. sing. | rooi | rooier | rooiste | |
| plural | rooie | rooiere | rooiste | |
| definite | rooie | rooiere | rooiste | |
| partitive | roois | rooiers | — | |
Verb
rooi
- first-person singular present indicative of rooien
- imperative of rooien
Papiamentu
Also: "roi"
Etymology
From Spanish arroyo.
Noun
rooi
A dry creek, that fills with water after rainfall.
- creek
- gulch