roho

'Are'are

Verb

roho

1. to fly

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Ingrian

Rohhoa.

Etymology

Borrowed from Votic roho, from Proto-Finnic *rooho.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈroho/, [ˈro̞ho̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈroho/, [ˈro̞ho̞]
• Rhymes: -oho
• Hyphenation: ro‧ho

Noun

roho

1. grass (small wild green plant)
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Roho noisoo. Noisoo lehti.

     The grass shoots up. The leaf ascends.

2. (in compounds) green

Declension

An irregular partitive singular rohta, roht is occasionally used.

Declension of roho (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	roho	rohot
genitive	rohon	rohhoin, roholoin
partitive	rohhoa	rohoja, roholoja
illative	rohhoo	rohhoi, roholoihe
inessive	rohos	rohois, roholois
elative	rohost	rohoist, roholoist
allative	roholle	rohoille, roholoille
adessive	rohol	rohoil, roholoil
ablative	roholt	rohoilt, roholoilt
translative	rohoks	rohoiks, roholoiks
essive	rohonna, rohhoon	rohoinna, roholoinna, rohhoin, roholoin
exessive1)	rohont	rohoint, roholoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• rooho (originally native)

Derived terms

• rohoin
• rohokas
• rohokasvo
• rohonpäin
• Rohosaari
• rohosorsa
• rohottaa

 

See also

• heinä (“hay”)

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “рого”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 693
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 484

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُوح (rūḥ).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

roho class IX (plural roho class X)

1. spirit, soul, personality

Derived terms

• Roho Mtakatifu

See also

• mzimu

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

roho

1. decrepit

Inflection

Inflection of roho (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	roho
genitive sing.	rohon
partitive sing.	rohod
partitive plur.	rohoid
	singular	plural
nominative	roho	rohod
accusative	rohon	rohod
genitive	rohon	rohoiden
partitive	rohod	rohoid
essive-instructive	rohon	rohoin
translative	rohoks	rohoikš
inessive	rohos	rohoiš
elative	rohospäi	rohoišpäi
illative	rohoze	rohoiže
adessive	rohol	rohoil
ablative	roholpäi	rohoilpäi
allative	rohole	rohoile
abessive	rohota	rohoita
comitative	rohonke	rohoidenke
prolative	rohodme	rohoidme
approximative I	rohonno	rohoidenno
approximative II	rohonnoks	rohoidennoks
egressive	rohonnopäi	rohoidennopäi
terminative I	rohozesai	rohoižesai
terminative II	roholesai	rohoilesai
terminative III	rohossai	—
additive I	rohozepäi	rohoižepäi
additive II	roholepäi	rohoilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “дряхлый”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rooho.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈroho/, [ˈroho]
• Rhymes: -oho
• Hyphenation: ro‧ho

Noun

roho

1. grass
2. weed (unwanted plant)
3. herb

Inflection

Declension of roho (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	roho	rohod
genitive	roho	rohojõ, rohoi
partitive	rohhoa	rohoitõ, rohoi
illative	rohhosõ, rohho	rohoisõ
inessive	rohoz	rohoiz
elative	rohossõ	rohoissõ
allative	roholõ	rohoilõ
adessive	rohollõ	rohoillõ
ablative	roholtõ	rohoiltõ
translative	rohossi	rohoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

Descendants

• → Ingrian: roho

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “roho”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn