ruku

See also: rūku, Rūku, ruk'u, and ruku'

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈruku]

Noun

ruku f

1. accusative singular of ruka

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːku/
• Rhymes: -uːku

Verb

ruku

1. first-person plural active past indicative of rúka
2. second-person plural active past indicative of rúka
3. third-person plural active past indicative of rúka

Icelandic

Verb

ruku

1. third-person plural active past indicative of rjúka

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈruku]

Noun

ruku

1. accusative/instrumental singular of ruka

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ruku (compare with Rarotongan ruku) from Proto-Oceanic *ruku “go under water, duck under sth., bow the head”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruku/ [ˈɾʉkʉ]

Verb

ruku (passive rukua or rukuhia)

1. to dive
2. to sink
3. to submerge
4. (figurative) to hurl or let oneself fall into sth
5. to ablute

Derived terms

• rukuruku
• waka ruku
• whakaruku

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “ruku”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 409
• “ruku” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈruku/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈruku/

Noun

ruku

1. accusative singular of ruka

Old Norse

Verb

ruku

1. third-person plural past active indicative of rjúka

Rapa Nui

Verb

ruku

1. to dive

Derived terms

• rukuruku ("go diving")

Sahu

Etymology

Borrowed from Ternate ruku (“to bow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.ku/

Verb

ruku

1. (intransitive) to bend
2. (intransitive) to bow

References

• Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987), Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

rȕkū (Cyrillic spelling ру̏кӯ)

1. genitive plural of ruka

Noun

rùkū (Cyrillic spelling ру̀кӯ)

1. genitive plural of ruka

Noun

rȗku (Cyrillic spelling ру̑ку)

1. accusative singular of ruka

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈruku]

Noun

ruku

1. accusative singular of ruka

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾu.ku/

Verb

ruku

1. (intransitive) to bow

Conjugation

Conjugation of ruku

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toruku	foruku	miruku
2nd person		noruku	niruku
3rd person	masculine	oruku	iruku yoruku (archaic)
	feminine	moruku
	neuter	iruku

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʀuku/

Noun

ruku

1. accusative/instrumental singular of ruka

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُكُوع (rukūʕ).

Noun

ruku (plural rukular)

1. (Islam) ruku' (bowing in prayer)