ru
Translingual
Etymology
Most likely from Clipping of English Russian
Symbol
ru
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Russian.
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch ruw, from Middle Dutch ruuch, ru, from Old Dutch *rūh, from Proto-Germanic *rūhwaz. See the Dutch entry for more.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
ru (attributive ruwe, comparative ruwer, superlative ruuste)
- rough
- Synonym: rof
Breton
Adjective
ru
- red
Chuukese
Numeral
ru
- two
Related terms
- oruwen (ordinal)
- ruche
- rufoch
- rufou
- ruömön
- turu
French
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁy/
Audio (Switzerland) (file)
Noun
ru m (plural rus)
- (archaic) small stream
Related terms
- ruisseau
See also
- fleuve
- rivière
Further reading
- “ru”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Guaraní
Noun
ru
- father
Japanese
Romanization
ru
- Rōmaji transcription of る
- Rōmaji transcription of ル
Kabyle
Verb
ru
- to cry, shed tears
Conjugation
Malay
Alternative forms
- eru
- ارو
- رو
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ru/
- Rhymes: -ru, -u
Noun
ru (Jawi spelling رو)
- Alternative form of eru
Synonyms
- cemara / چمارا
Mandarin
Romanization
ru
- Nonstandard spelling of rú.
- Nonstandard spelling of rǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of rù.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German.
Adjective
ru (masculine and feminine ru, neuter ru or rutt, definite singular and plural ru or rue, comparative ruare, indefinite superlative ruast, definite superlative ruaste)
- uneven on the surface
- raspy, hoarse
References
- “ru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- Ru, ur
Sumerian
Romanization
ru
- Romanization of 𒊒 (ru)
Tarok
Etymology
Cognate to Mapeo dɔ́ɔ́ ("fall, fall downwards"), Owere dò ("fall (as rain)").
Verb
ru
- to fall (downwards)
References
- R. Blench, The Benue-Congo languages
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zu˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐʊw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɹʊw˧˧]
- Homophone: du
Verb
ru • (油)
- 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 2
Probably a part of the r-series along with rày, răng, rứa, ri, rằng.
Particle
ru • (𠱋)
- (literary, dated) final particle used for negation or to form rhetorical questions
- Synonyms: sao, đâu, ư
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ru/
Noun
ru
- neck
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse rjóðr, from Proto-Germanic *reudaz.
Adjective
ru
- Red, ruddy.
Derived terms
- rulett
Related terms
- rȯuw
- rø