rooi

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rood, whose inflected form is rooie in various Dutch vernaculars. In Afrikaans the same alternation would be expected (cf. dood or goed), but the inflected stem was generalized (probably by analogy with other common colour adjectives, which are regularly unchanged in the attributive form).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roːi̯ ~ ruə̯i̯/

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Adjective

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

1. red

Inflection

Inflection of rooi

	predicative	attributive	independent		partitive
			singular	plural
positive	rooi	rooi, rooie	rooie	rooies	roois
comparative	rooier		rooiere	rooieres	rooiers
superlative	rooiste			rooistes	—

Derived terms

• rooibos

See also

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roːi̯/

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• Rhymes: -oːi̯

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

rooi (comparative rooier, superlative rooist)

1. (informal, chiefly attributive) alternative form of rood (“red”)

Declension

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

From Middle Dutch roye, from Old French roie; more at French raie.

Noun

rooi f (plural rooien, diminutive rooitje n)

1. (architecture, construction) line

Related terms

• rooilijn

Descendants

• → Indonesian: roi

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rooi

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

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “rooilijn”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• roi (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Spanish arroyo.

Noun

rooi

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