ro

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ro"

Symbol

ro

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

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *rok.

Noun

ro

canoe

References

Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 21 (2009)

Noun

ro

woman

References

Raoul Zamponi, Betoi (2003)

Alternative forms

rho

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈro]

Noun

ro f (plural ros)

rho; the Greek letter Ρ (lowercase ρ)

Etymology

Deverbalised form of ri (“to give”)

Noun

ro m (plural royow or rohow)

gift, present
donation

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʁoˀ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ró (“rest”) (whence also the Icelandic ró (“calm, rest, tranquillity”)).

Noun

ro c (singular definite roen, not used in plural form)

calmness

Derived terms

falde til ro
gå i ro
gå til ro
hverken rist eller ro
i fred og ro
slå sig til ro
tage den (det, ..) med ro

Etymology 2

From Old Norse róa (“row”), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-.

Verb

ro (imperative ro, infinitive at ro, present tense ror, past tense roede, perfect tense er/har roet)

to row (using oars)

References

“ro” in Den Danske Ordbog
“ro,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ro]
Hyphenation: ro

Noun

ro (accusative singular ro-on, plural ro-oj, accusative plural ro-ojn)

The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

Noun

ro

dark

Adjective

ro

bitter

Noun

ro

(law enforcement) Clipping of biro.

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

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Noun

ro m or f (invariable)

Alternative spelling of rho

Anagrams

or

Romanization

ro

The hiragana syllable ろ (ro) or the katakana syllable ロ (ro) in Hepburn romanization.

Romanization

ro

Romanization of ꦫꦺꦴ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈroː]

Noun

ro

leaf

Derived terms

ro kutta
ro wona

References

Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “ro”, in Lamboya word list‎, Leiden: LexiRumah

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zauq, compare Malay jauh.

Adjective

ro

far

Etymology 1

From Old English rā, rāha, from Proto-West Germanic *raihō, *raih, from Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raihą (“deer”).

Alternative forms

roo, ra, raa, roa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rɔː/
(early) IPA^(key): /rɑː/
(Northern) IPA^(key): /raː/

Noun

ro (plural ros or ron)

A roe deer (kind of deer)
(rare) The hide of a roe deer.

Derived terms

roobukke

Descendants

English: roe
Scots: ra, rae

References

“rō, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.

Etymology 2

From Old English rō, rōw, from Proto-West Germanic *rōu (“calm, rest”).

Alternative forms

roo, rowe, rou

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /roː/, /rɔu̯/

Noun

ro (uncountable)

Peacefulness, serenity, restfulness.

Descendants

English: roo
Scots: ro, ruve

References

“rọ̄, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ró.

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Noun

ro m or f (definite singular roen or roa)

peace, tranquility, quiet

Antonyms

uro

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse róa.

Verb

ro (imperative ro, present tense ror, passive ros, simple past rodde, past participle rodd, present participle roende)

to row (a boat)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

ro

imperative of roe

References

“ro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ruː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ró. Akin to dialectal English roo.

Noun

ro f (definite singular roa, uncountable)

calm, tranquility, peace, quiet

Antonyms

uro

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse róa, from Proto-Germanic *rōaną.

Verb

ro (present tense ror, past tense rodde, past participle rott/rodd, passive infinitive roast, present participle roande, imperative ro)

to row (a boat)
(figurative) to try to talk one's way out of something

Derived terms

References

“ro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Adjective

rō

raw

Descendants

Middle High German: rō, rōch, rou, rā
- Central Franconian: rüh, rieh, reh
  - Luxembourgish: réi
- German: roh
- Yiddish: רוי (roy)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ro/
Rhymes: -ro

Numeral

ro

two

Derived terms

akaron
akaroron
amiro
aroron-roron
arorwan
aṅro
karo
roro
sakaroro
sarorwan

Descendants

> Javanese: ꦫꦺꦴ (ro) (inherited)
⇒ Javanese: ꦫꦺꦴꦫꦺꦴ (roro), ꦭꦺꦴꦫꦺꦴ (loro)
→ Balinese: ᬭᭀ (ro)

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

𑀭𑁄 (Brahmi script)
रो (Devanagari script)
রো (Bengali script)
රො (Sinhalese script)
ရော or ရေႃ (Burmese script)
โร (Thai script)
ᩁᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ໂຣ (Lao script)
រោ (Khmer script)
𑄢𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

ro

nominative singular of ra (“Pali letter 'r'”)

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ/
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Rhymes: -ɔ
Syllabification: ro

Noun

ro n (indeclinable)

Alternative form of rho

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾɔ/^[1]^[2]
(North Uist) IPA^(key): /ɾɔ̝̃/^[3]
(Barra) IPA^(key): [ɾɔ̝]^[4]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ró,^[5] from Proto-Celtic *ɸro (compare Old Welsh ry), from Proto-Indo-European *pro (compare Latin pro).

Adverb

ro (+ dative, triggers lenition)

very, too, much, exceedingly
ro-bheag ― too little

le ro-aire ― with great care

ro mhath ― very good

Tha e ro fhuar.
It is too cold.

ro aire ― great attention

Is tu an Dia ro mhòr.
Thou art the very great God.

Chan eil mi ro chinnteach.
I am not too sure.

Tha e ro bhochd.
He is very sick (or poor).

Chan eil e ro thogarrach.
He is not excessively willing.

ro sgairteil ― very active

ro shleamhainn ― very slippery

Bu ro chaomh leam tighinn.
I should very much like to come.

Usage notes

Used as a prefix to adjectives, and supplying the place of a superlative.
Lenites the first letter of the following word except if it starts with l, n or r, or by s followed by any consonant except l, n or r.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ré. Cognates include Irish roimh.

Preposition

ro (+ dative, triggers lenition)

before
Thigibh ro chòig uairean.
Come before five o'clock.

Inflection

More information Person:, simple ...

Personal inflection of ro
	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		romham	romhamsa
	second		romhad	romhadsa
	third	m	roimhe	roimhesan
	third	f	roimhpe	roimhpese

plural	first		romhainn	romhainne
	second		romhaibh	romhaibhse
	third		romhpa	romhpasan

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References

[1]
Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
[2]
Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
[3]
John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
[4]
Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
[5]
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ró”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈro/ [ˈro]
Rhymes: -o
Syllabification: ro

Noun

ro f (plural ros)

rho; the Greek letter Ρ, ρ
Synonym: rho

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ruː/
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Etymology 1

From Old Norse róa, from Proto-Germanic *rōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-.

Verb

ro (present ror, preterite rodde, supine rott, imperative ro)

to row; to transport oneself in a small boat, with help of oars
(colloquial, in "ro hit (med något)") to quickly hand over, to pass
Ro hit med kebabsåsen!
Pass the kebab sauce!

Conjugation

More information Active, Passive ...

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	ro		ros
Supine	rott		rotts
Imperative	ro		—
Imper. plural¹	ron		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ror	rodde	ros	roddes
Ind. plural¹	ro	rodde	ros	roddes
Subjunctive²	ro	rodde	ros	roddes
	Participles
Present participle	roende
Past participle	rodd
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Conjugation of ro (weak)

Derived terms

ro hem

Related terms

kapprodd
ro hit
rodd
roddare
roddbåt

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ro (“rest”), German Ruhe with a secondary meaning in Swedish of entertainment, pastime (during the rest).^[1]

Noun

ro c (uncountable)

peace, quiet, tranquility

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Declension of ro
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ro	ros
singular	definite	ron	rons
plural	indefinite	—	—
plural	definite	—	—

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Related terms

References

[1]
2. ro in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

References

Anagrams

-or, or

Etymology

Cognate with Persian (rah).

Noun

ro

road

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /roː/

Verb

ro

Soft mutation of rho.

Mutation

More information radical, soft ...

Mutated forms of *rho*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rho	ro	unchanged	unchanged

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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 1

Related to etymology 2, compare with Igbo lò (“to reflect”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾò/

Verb

rò

(intransitive) to think
Mo rò pé kò dáa kéèyàn máa jíwèé wò. ― I think it's not good for people to be cheating.

Derived terms

èrò (“thought”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾò/

Verb

rò

(transitive) to stir

Usage notes

ro when followed by a direct object.

Derived terms

rírò (“stirred, stirring”)
ronú (“to think”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾō/

Verb

ro

(transitive) to hoe, to till
Oko tí àgbẹ̀ ro lánàá nìyí. ― This is the field that the farmers tilled yesterday.

Derived terms

roko (“to cultivate, to hoe a field”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾó/

Verb

ró

(transitive) to wrap, to tie a wrapper, skirt, or towel.
Báwo la ṣe máa ró ìró. ― How does one tie a wrapper.

Derived terms

ìró (“wrapper”)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾó/

Verb

ró

(transitive) to sound, to emit a sound.

Derived terms

ìró (“sound”)

Etymology 6

Compare with Igbo lo (“to ache”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾō/

Verb

ro

(transitive) to pain, to hurt, to ache
Ẹ̀yìn ń ro mí. ― My back is paining me.

(My back hurts)

Derived terms

ríro (“paining”)

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾó/

Verb

ró

(Ijebu) to live
Mo ró n’Íbàdọ̀n ― I live in Ibadan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɾo]
Hyphenation: ro

Noun

ro

brook, stream, creek^[1]

References

[1]
Kocadag, Çeko (2010) “ro²”, in Ferheng, Kirmanckî (Zazakî) - Kurmancî, Kurmancî - Kirmanckî (Zazakî), Berlin: Weşanên Komkar, →ISBN, page 935

[1] [1]
Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

[2] [2]
Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath

[3] [3]
John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

[4] [4]
Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

[5] [5]
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ró”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[6] [1]
2. ro in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

[7] [1]
Kocadag, Çeko (2010) “ro²”, in Ferheng, Kirmanckî (Zazakî) - Kurmancî, Kurmancî - Kirmanckî (Zazakî), Berlin: Weşanên Komkar, →ISBN, page 935

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