rou

See also: Rou, ROU, róu, ròu, rǒu, ro'u, and Appendix:Variations of "rou"

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rœu/

Etymology 1

From Dutch rauw

Adjective

rou (attributive roue, comparative rouer, superlative rouste)

1. raw

Etymology 2

From Dutch rouwen

Verb

rou (present rou, present participle rouende, past participle gerou)

1. to mourn, grieve

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French roue

Noun

rou

1. wheel

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Mandarin

Romanization

rou

1. Nonstandard spelling of róu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of rǒu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ròu.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Masimasi

Noun

rou

1. leaf

References

• George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

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Middle English

Noun

rou

1. Alternative form of ro (“roe deer”)

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Palauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /row/

Noun

rou

1. reflected light of the moon

Derived terms

• berorou (“color of the twilight”)
• merorou

References

• rou in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• rou in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• rou in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 294.