rooi

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /roːi̯/
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Adjective

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rooi (attributive rooi or rooie, comparative rooier, superlative rooiste)

  1. red

Derived terms

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See also

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Colors in Afrikaans · kleure (layout · text)
     wit      grys      swart
             rooi; karmosyn              oranje; bruin              geel; room
             lemmetjie              groen              mentgroen
             siaan; teel              asuur, hemelsblou              blou
             violet; indigo              magenta; pers              pienk

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From rood through vocalisation of intervocalic -d- (in inflected forms).

Adjective

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rooi (comparative rooier, superlative rooist)

  1. (informal, chiefly attributive) Alternative form of rood (red)
Declension
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Declension 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

Etymology 2

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Verb

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rooi

  1. inflection of rooien:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Papiamentu

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Alternative forms

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  • roi (alternative spelling)

Etymology

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From Spanish arroyo.

Noun

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rooi

  1. creek; A dry creek, that fills with water after rainfall.
  2. gulch