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romu

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Estonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish romu. Until the late 20th century, the word was restricted to colloquial speech.

Noun

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romu (genitive romu, partitive romu)

  1. an especially old, rusted, or otherwise bad car
  2. scrap, junk, any old or rusted metal object

Declension

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Declension of romu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative romu romud
accusative nom.
gen. romu
genitive romude
partitive romu romusid
illative rommu
romusse
romudesse
inessive romus romudes
elative romust romudest
allative romule romudele
adessive romul romudel
ablative romult romudelt
translative romuks romudeks
terminative romuni romudeni
essive romuna romudena
abessive romuta romudeta
comitative romuga romudega

Finnish

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Etymology

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romista (to crash, make a crashing sound) +‎ -u

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈromu/, [ˈro̞mu]
  • Rhymes: -omu
  • Hyphenation(key): ro‧mu

Noun

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romu

  1. scrap, junk, especially one that consists of metal objects.
  2. wreck, wreckage

Declension

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Inflection of romu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative romu romut
genitive romun romujen
partitive romua romuja
illative romuun romuihin
singular plural
nominative romu romut
accusative nom. romu romut
gen. romun
genitive romun romujen
partitive romua romuja
inessive romussa romuissa
elative romusta romuista
illative romuun romuihin
adessive romulla romuilla
ablative romulta romuilta
allative romulle romuille
essive romuna romuina
translative romuksi romuiksi
abessive romutta romuitta
instructive romuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of romu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative romuni romuni
accusative nom. romuni romuni
gen. romuni
genitive romuni romujeni
partitive romuani romujani
inessive romussani romuissani
elative romustani romuistani
illative romuuni romuihini
adessive romullani romuillani
ablative romultani romuiltani
allative romulleni romuilleni
essive romunani romuinani
translative romukseni romuikseni
abessive romuttani romuittani
instructive
comitative romuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative romusi romusi
accusative nom. romusi romusi
gen. romusi
genitive romusi romujesi
partitive romuasi romujasi
inessive romussasi romuissasi
elative romustasi romuistasi
illative romuusi romuihisi
adessive romullasi romuillasi
ablative romultasi romuiltasi
allative romullesi romuillesi
essive romunasi romuinasi
translative romuksesi romuiksesi
abessive romuttasi romuittasi
instructive
comitative romuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative romumme romumme
accusative nom. romumme romumme
gen. romumme
genitive romumme romujemme
partitive romuamme romujamme
inessive romussamme romuissamme
elative romustamme romuistamme
illative romuumme romuihimme
adessive romullamme romuillamme
ablative romultamme romuiltamme
allative romullemme romuillemme
essive romunamme romuinamme
translative romuksemme romuiksemme
abessive romuttamme romuittamme
instructive
comitative romuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative romunne romunne
accusative nom. romunne romunne
gen. romunne
genitive romunne romujenne
partitive romuanne romujanne
inessive romussanne romuissanne
elative romustanne romuistanne
illative romuunne romuihinne
adessive romullanne romuillanne
ablative romultanne romuiltanne
allative romullenne romuillenne
essive romunanne romuinanne
translative romuksenne romuiksenne
abessive romuttanne romuittanne
instructive
comitative romuinenne

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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romu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ロム