ru

Most likely from Clipping of English Russian

ru

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Russian.

From Dutch ruw, from Middle Dutch ruuch, ru, from Old Dutch *rūh, from Proto-Germanic *rūhwaz. See the Dutch entry for more.

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ru (attributive ruwe, comparative ruwer, superlative ruuste)

1. rough

   Synonym: rof

ru

1. red

ru

1. two

• oruwen (ordinal)
• ruche
• rufoch
• rufou
• ruömön
• turu

From Old French ru, riu, from Vulgar Latin rius, from Latin rīvus (“brook, small stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós, from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move, set in motion”) + *-wós.

• IPA^(key): /ʁy/

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ru m (plural rus)

1. (archaic) small stream

• ruisseau

• fleuve
• rivière

• “ru”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

ru

1. father

ru

1. Rōmaji transcription of る
2. Rōmaji transcription of ル

ru

1. to cry, shed tears

• eru
• ارو‎
• رو‎

Shortened form of eru, from Proto-Malayic *(h)Aru, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *(h)aru, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)aru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)aʀuhu.

• IPA^(key): /ru/
• Rhymes: -ru, -u

ru (Jawi spelling رو)

1. Alternative form of eru

• cemara / چمارا‎

ru

1. Nonstandard spelling of rú.
2. Nonstandard spelling of rǔ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of rù.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

From Middle Low German.

ru (masculine and feminine ru, neuter ru or rutt, definite singular and plural ru or rue, comparative ruare, indefinite superlative ruast, definite superlative ruaste)

1. uneven on the surface
2. raspy, hoarse

• “ru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Ru, ur

ru

1. Romanization of 𒊒 (ru)

Cognate to Mapeo dɔ́ɔ́ ("fall, fall downwards"), Owere dò ("fall (as rain)").

ru

1. to fall (downwards)

• R. Blench, The Benue-Congo languages

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹʊw˧˧]
• Homophone: du

ru • (油)

1. to sing (a baby) to sleep

   hát ru ― to sing a lullaby

   • (Can we date this quote?), Văn Thành Nho (lyrics and music), “Đất nước lời ru [Our Land, a Lullaby]”:

     Ru con, mẹ ru con,
     Tiếng ru cả cuộc đời.
     Ru con lời ru,
     Cất lên từ ngàn đời.

     Lull you, I lull you,
     With the song of a lifetime.
     Lull you, with a lullaby,
     Resonating with eternity.

Probably a part of the r-series along with rày, răng, rứa, ri, rằng.

ru • (𠱋)

1. (literary, dated) final particle used for negation or to form rhetorical questions

   Synonyms: sao, đâu, ư

• IPA^(key): /ru/

ru

1. neck

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics