rotu

Finnish

Borrowed from Old East Slavic родъ (rodŭ) (compare Russian ро́д (ród, “kind”)).

rotu

breed (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies, such as of domesticated animals)
race (large group of people set apart from others)
race (population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics)

Inflection of rotu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		rotu	rodut
genitive		rodun	rotujen
partitive		rotua	rotuja
illative		rotuun	rotuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rotu	rodut
accusative	nom.	rotu	rodut
accusative	gen.	rodun	rodut
genitive		rodun	rotujen
partitive		rotua	rotuja
inessive		rodussa	roduissa
elative		rodusta	roduista
illative		rotuun	rotuihin
adessive		rodulla	roduilla
ablative		rodulta	roduilta
allative		rodulle	roduille
essive		rotuna	rotuina
translative		roduksi	roduiksi
instructive		—	roduin
abessive		rodutta	roduitta
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of rotu (type valo)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		rotuni	rotuni
accusative	nom.	rotuni	rotuni
accusative	gen.	rotuni	rotuni
genitive		rotuni	rotujeni
partitive		rotuani	rotujani
inessive		rodussani	roduissani
elative		rodustani	roduistani
illative		rotuuni	rotuihini
adessive		rodullani	roduillani
ablative		rodultani	roduiltani
allative		rodulleni	roduilleni
essive		rotunani	rotuinani
translative		rodukseni	roduikseni
instructive		—	—
abessive		roduttani	roduittani
comitative		—	rotuineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		rotusi	rotusi
accusative	nom.	rotusi	rotusi
accusative	gen.	rotusi	rotusi
genitive		rotusi	rotujesi
partitive		rotuasi	rotujasi
inessive		rodussasi	roduissasi
elative		rodustasi	roduistasi
illative		rotuusi	rotuihisi
adessive		rodullasi	roduillasi
ablative		rodultasi	roduiltasi
allative		rodullesi	roduillesi
essive		rotunasi	rotuinasi
translative		roduksesi	roduiksesi
instructive		—	—
abessive		roduttasi	roduittasi
comitative		—	rotuinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		rotumme	rotumme
accusative	nom.	rotumme	rotumme
accusative	gen.	rotumme	rotumme
genitive		rotumme	rotujemme
partitive		rotuamme	rotujamme
inessive		rodussamme	roduissamme
elative		rodustamme	roduistamme
illative		rotuumme	rotuihimme
adessive		rodullamme	roduillamme
ablative		rodultamme	roduiltamme
allative		rodullemme	roduillemme
essive		rotunamme	rotuinamme
translative		roduksemme	roduiksemme
instructive		—	—
abessive		roduttamme	roduittamme
comitative		—	rotuinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		rotunne	rotunne
accusative	nom.	rotunne	rotunne
accusative	gen.	rotunne	rotunne
genitive		rotunne	rotujenne
partitive		rotuanne	rotujanne
inessive		rodussanne	roduissanne
elative		rodustanne	roduistanne
illative		rotuunne	rotuihinne
adessive		rodullanne	roduillanne
ablative		rodultanne	roduiltanne
allative		rodullenne	roduillenne
essive		rotunanne	rotuinanne
translative		roduksenne	roduiksenne
instructive		—	—
abessive		roduttanne	roduittanne
comitative		—	rotuinenne

Borrowed from Tok Pisin lotu (“church, religion”), from Samoan Plantation Pidgin lotu, from Fijian lotu.

rotu

Firchow, Irwin; Firchow, Jacqueline; Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎, Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 96

Shortening of rotulador

rotu m (plural rotus)

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