ruai

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See also: ruaí

French

Verb

ruai

  1. first-person singular past historic of ruer

Iban

Etymology

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

Noun

ruai

  1. balcony or veranda of a longhouse

Descendants

  • → Malay: ruai

Kikuyu

ruai
ruai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cf. Maasai eluaai (“whistling thorn”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ruai class 9/10 (plural ruai)

  1. whistling thorn (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.[2])

See also

References

  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

Etymology

From Iban ruai. Doublet of ruang.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. booth

Further reading

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