regu

See also: reĝu

English

Etymology

From Malay regu (“team”).

Noun

regu

1. (sports) A standard group of three players in a sepak takraw team.

Anagrams

• Guer., Ruge, geru, grue, urge

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• räge, rägä

Etymology

From Middle High German rëgen, from Old High German rëgan, from Proto-Germanic *regną.

Noun

regu m

1. (Carcoforo) rain

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreɡu/
• Rhymes: -eɡu
• Syllabification: re‧gu

Verb

regu

1. imperative of regi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay regu.

• The military sense is a semantic loan from Dutch geweergroep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈɡu/
• Hyphenation: rê‧gu

Noun

rêgu (plural regu-regu)

1. group, party, team, unit

   Synonyms: grup, tim, unit

2. (military) squad: a unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members

   Synonyms: pasukan, (Standard Malay) skuad (Malay)

3. (scouting) the smallest unit, consisting of penggalang
4. (taxonomy) species

   Synonyms: golongan jenis, spesies

Derived terms

• beregu
• regu tembak

Descendants

• → English: regu

Further reading

• “regu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016