rooi

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rood, of which the inflected form is rooie in Northern Dutch (in particular Hollandic) colloquial speech. Further from Middle Dutch rôot, from Old Dutch rōd, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /roːi̯/
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Adjective

rooi (attributive rooi or rooie, comparative rooier, superlative rooiste)

  1. red

Derived terms

See also
Colors in Afrikaans · kleure (layout · text)
     wit      grys      swart
             rooi; karmosyn              oranje; bruin              geel; room
             lemmetjie              groen              mentgroen
             siaan; teel              asuur, hemelsblou              blou
             violet; indigo              magenta; pers              pienk

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /roːi̯/
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  • Rhymes: -oːi̯

Etymology 1

From rood through vocalisation of intervocalic -d- (in inflected forms).

Adjective

rooi (comparative rooier, superlative rooist)

  1. (informal, chiefly attributive) Alternative form of rood (“red”)
Inflection
Inflection of rooi
uninflected rooi
inflected rooie
comparative rooier
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial rooirooierhet rooist
het rooiste
indefinite m./f. sing. rooierooiererooiste
n. sing. rooirooierrooiste
plural rooierooiererooiste
definite rooierooiererooiste
partitive rooisrooiers—

Verb

rooi

  1. inflection of rooien:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Papiamentu

Alternative forms
  • roi (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Spanish arroyo.

Noun

rooi

  1. creek; A dry creek, that fills with water after rainfall.
  2. gulch
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