rutuba

See also: Rutuba

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps a blend of ruō (“hurry, rush”) +‎ turba (“stir”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

rutuba f (genitive rutubae); first declension

  1. confusion, turmoil

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rutuba rutubae
Genitive rutubae rutubārum
Dative rutubae rutubīs
Accusative rutubam rutubās
Ablative rutubā rutubīs
Vocative rutuba rutubae

Synonyms

References
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “rutuba”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 456
  • “rutuba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rutuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُطُوبَة‎ (ruṭūba).

Noun

rutuba (n class, plural rutuba)

  1. moistness, dampness
  2. fertility (of the land)

Derived terms
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