ruai
See also: ruaí
French
Verb
ruai
- first-person singular past historic of ruer
Galician
Verb
ruai
- (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of ruar
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀuqaŋ. Cognate with Malay ruang.
Noun
ruai
Descendants
- → Malay: ruai
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- muruai[1]
Etymology
Cf. Maasai eluaai (“whistling thorn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾùàì/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.
Noun
ruai class 9/10 (plural ruai)
See also
- mũgaa, mũthi
References
- ^ Maundu, Patrick and Bo Tengnäs (eds.) (2005). Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya, p. 61. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre—Eastern and Central Africa Regional Programme (ICRAF-ECA). →ISBN Accessed online 19 August 2018 via http://www.worldagroforestry.org/usefultrees
- ^ “ruai” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 407. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Malay
Etymology
From Iban ruai. Doublet of ruang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ruai̯/
- Rhymes: -uai̯, -wai̯, -ai̯
Noun
ruai (Jawi spelling رواي, plural ruai-ruai or reruai)
Further reading
- “ruai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese
Verb
ruai
- second-person plural imperative of ruar