rüë
See also: rue, Rue, Ruë, ruë, rué, rûe, rue-, and rü
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁyə̯/
- Rhymes: -yə̯
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz. The umlaut is unusual (compare Luxembourgish réi). It might be that the inflected stem, which was originally *hraw-, was reformed locally to *hrōj- (elsewhere hrō-, hrōw-, hrāw-). Compare Limburgish rüh, another term that has the same umlaut.
Adjective
rüë (masculine rüë, feminine rüë, comparative mië rüë or rüjjer, superlative rüëtste) (Eupen)
- raw (uncooked)
- unprocessed, crude, raw
- (figuratively) unrefined, rude, brutal