See also: Appendix:Variations of "ro"

Hawaiian

Noun

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

Japanese

Romanization

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ろう

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *raha, from Proto-Germanic *skrahō. Cognates include Estonian raha, Finnish raha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɒːˀ/, [ˈrɒːˀ]

Noun

rǭ’

  1. money

Declension

Declension of rǭ’ (13)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) rǭ’ rǭ’d
genitive (genitīv) rǭ’ rǭ’d
partitive (partitīv) rǭ’dõ rǭ’ḑi
dative (datīv) rǭ’n rǭ’dõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) rǭ’kõks rǭ’dkõks
illative (illatīv) rǭ’zõ rǭ’ži
inessive (inesīv) rǭ’sõ rǭ’ši
elative (elatīv) rǭ’stõ rǭ’šti

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “rǭ’”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *loʀo (“red ant, ” – compare with Tahitian , Tongan , Fijian lolo “ant”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *loʀo.[1][2][3]

Noun

  1. ant
    Synonym: rōroro
  2. mantis, praying mantis; stick insect
    Synonym: whē

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 420
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “loo1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2011), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 4: Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 391-2