ruum

See also: Ruum

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German rûm, from Old Saxon rūm, from Proto-West Germanic *rūm.

Noun

ruum (genitive ruumi, partitive ruumi)

  1. place, location; space, room
  2. the chamber; indoors
  3. informal clipping of spacial measuring unit of the "ruumimeeter" (cubic metre — frequently used similarly to cord of wood in concept, aside from the disparity in the exact dimensions)

Declension

Declension of ruum (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative ruum ruumid
accusative nom.
gen. ruumi
genitive ruumide
partitive ruumi ruume
ruumisid
illative ruumi
ruumisse 		ruumidesse
ruumesse
inessive ruumis ruumides
ruumes
elative ruumist ruumidest
ruumest
allative ruumile ruumidele
ruumele
adessive ruumil ruumidel
ruumel
ablative ruumilt ruumidelt
ruumelt
translative ruumiks ruumideks
ruumeks
terminative ruumini ruumideni
essive ruumina ruumidena
abessive ruumita ruumideta
comitative ruumiga ruumidega

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German rūm, from Old Saxon *rūm, from Proto-West Germanic *rūm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruːm/

Adjective

ruum (comparative rümer, superlative rüümst)

  1. spacious, roomy

Declension

Positive forms of ruum
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is se is dat is se sünd
partitive een Ruums een Ruums wat Ruums allens Ruum
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative rume rume ruum rume
oblique rumen rume ruum rume
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative de rume de rume dat rume de rumen
oblique den rumen de rume dat rume de rumen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative en rume/rumen en rume en ruum/rumet (keen) rumen
oblique en rumen en rume en ruum/rumet (keen) rumen
Comparative forms of ruum
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is rümer se is rümer dat is rümer se sünd rümer
partitive een rümers een rümers wat rümers allens rümer
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative rümere rümere rümer rümere
oblique rümern rümere rümer rümere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative de rümere de rümere dat rümere de rümern
oblique den rümern de rümere dat rümere de rümern
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative en rümere/rümeren en rümere en rümer (keen) rümern
oblique en rümern en rümere en rümer (keen) rümern
Superlative forms of ruum
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is de Rüümste se is de Rüümste dat is dat Rüümste se sünd de Rüümsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative rüümste rüümste rüümst rüümste
oblique rüümsten rüümste rüümst rüümste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative de rüümste de rüümste dat rüümste de rüümsten
oblique den rüümsten de rüümste dat rüümste de rüümsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative en rüümste/rüümsten en rüümste en rüümst (keen) rüümsten
oblique en rüümsten en rüümste en rüümst (keen) rüümsten
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Old Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Javanic *ruʔum ("fragrant"),[1] presumably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *dhum ~ *dhuum (“fragrant; to scent”); compare Khmer ធុំ (thum, “fragrant”), Vietnamese thơm (“fragrant”).

Compare Old Javanese rūm, Malay harum, Madurese ro'om.

Adjective

ruum

  1. fragrant

Noun

ruum

  1. scent; fragrance
    • c. 1518, Sanghyang Siksakandang Karesian (Kropak 630), folio 8, recto:
      "hayaṅ ñaho di ruum amis niṅ ke(m)baṅ ma baṅbara taña..."
      If one wisheth to know the scent and sweetness of a flower, one should ask a carpenter bee.

Derived terms

  • ruruum
  • ruruuman

Descendants

  • > Sundanese: ruum (inherited)

References

  1. ^ Nothofer, Bernd (2013) Pengantar Etimologi [Introduction to Etymology] (in Indonesian), Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 152
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.