ruai

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See also: ruaí

French[edit]

Verb[edit]

ruai

  1. first-person singular past historic of ruer

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

ruai

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of ruar

Iban[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀuqaŋ. Cognate with Malay ruang.

Noun[edit]

ruai

  1. balcony or veranda of a longhouse

Descendants[edit]

  • → Malay: ruai

Kikuyu[edit]

ruai
ruai

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cf. Maasai eluaai (“whistling thorn”).

Pronunciation[edit]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.

Noun[edit]

ruai class 9/10 (plural ruai)

  1. whistling thorn (Vachellia drepanolobium, syn. Acacia drepanolobium[2])

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Maundu, Patrick and Bo Tengnäs (eds.) (2005). Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya, p. 61. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre—Eastern and Central Africa Regional Programme (ICRAF-ECA). →ISBN Accessed online 19 August 2018 via http://www.worldagroforestry.org/usefultrees
  2. ^ “ruai” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 407. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Iban ruai. Doublet of ruang.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ruai (Jawi spelling رواي, plural ruai-ruai or reruai, informal 1st possessive ruaiku, 2nd possessive ruaimu, 3rd possessive ruainya)

  1. booth

Further reading[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

ruai

  1. second-person plural imperative of ruar
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