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roop

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English ropen (to cry out), from Old English hrōpan (to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl), from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną (to call, shout, cry), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (to caw, crow). Cognate with Scots roup (to shout, roar, cry out loudly), Saterland Frisian roupe (to call, shout), Dutch roepen (to shout, cry out), German rufen (to call, cry, shout), Swedish ropa (to call, cry out, shout), Icelandic hrópa (to cry out).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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roop (third-person singular simple present roops, present participle rooping, simple past and past participle rooped)

  1. (intransitive, dialectal) To cry; shout.
  2. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To roar; make a great noise.
  3. (transitive, usually with up, dialectal) To make hoarse.
    I am rooped up.

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Noun

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roop (plural roops)

  1. Hoarseness.

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Middle English

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Noun

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roop

  1. Alternative form of rop (rope)

Semai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Aslian *ruəm ~ *ruəp (friend), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rum ~ *ruum ~ *ruəm (to assemble).

Noun

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roop [1]

  1. companion; friend

References

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  1. ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia