roro

Inherited from Proto-Edoid *dhodho.

roro

1. to think

To say "think that", the verb gets contracted to "ro".

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: rò‧ro

roro

1. first-person singular present indicative of rorare

• orro, orrò

roro

1. two

From rōs, rōris.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈroː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɔː.ro]

rōrō (present infinitive rōrāre, perfect active rōrāvī, supine rōrātum); first conjugation

1. to cause dew, drip; be moist
2. to drop, trickle, distil
3. to sprinkle, drizzle (rain lightly)

• “roro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “roro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• roro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapdap.

róro

1. Indian coral tree

• roro in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• roro in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• roro in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 293.

From Proto-Polynesian *lolo “coconut milk or oil” from Proto-Oceanic *lolo (cognate with Samoan lololo and Fijian lolo).

roro

1. coconut milk

Borrowed from English RORO, acronym of roll-on roll-off.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɾoɾo/ [ˈɾoː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: ro‧ro

roro (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇᜓ)

1. roll-on roll-off ferry

Compare with Olukumi rírò, Itsekiri oro likely a partial reduplication of a root rò (“to be bitter”). Compare with Igala ìlò (“bitter leaf”)

• IPA^(key): /ɾō.ɾò/

rorò

1. (Ekiti, Owe, Eastern Akoko) to be bitter

   Synonyms: korò, lúkú, dúnkún

   Antonyms: dùn, yọ̀n

rorò

1. bitter