raun

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

raun

1. singular imperative of raunen

Iban

Pronunciation

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Verb

raun

1. to walk around

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse raun, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁rou-neh₂-, which could be related to Ancient Greek ἔρομαι (éromai, “to ask”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /røyːn/
• Rhymes: -øyːn

Noun

raun f (genitive singular raunar, nominative plural raunir)

1. trial, test, experiment
2. experience
3. truth
4. distress, trouble, tribulation
   • Icelandic translation of Psalms 34:20

     Margar eru raunir réttláts manns, en Drottinn frelsar hann úr þeim öllum.

     Many are the troubles of a righteous man, but the Lord delivers him from them all.

Declension

Derived terms

• í raun og veru ("in reality, really")
• komast að raun um ("to come to know about, to learn the truth about, to ascertain")
• hafa raun af ("to be troubled by, to be pained by")
• rata í raunir ("to run into trouble, to suffer misfortune")
• raunalega (“sadly, unhappily”)
• raunalegur (“sad, unhappy, distressed”)

References

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔρομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 391-92

Anagrams

• runa

Indonesian

Etymology

From English round. Doublet of ronda, ronde, and rondo.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: ra‧un

Verb

raun

1. to patrol, to travel around, to tour.

   Synonyms: berkeliling, ronda, patroli

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “raun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rón. Cognate to Irish rón, Scottish Gaelic ròn, Breton reunig, Cornish reun.

Noun

raun f (genitive singular raun, plural raunteeyn)

1. seal (Phoca vitulina); sea monster

Derived terms

• boayl raun (“seal rockery”)
• quallian raun (“seal pup”)
• raun beg (“common seal, harbour seal”)
• raun chleayshagh (“sea lion”)
• raun ghlass (“grey seal”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• rogn
• røyne, røyn, raudn, raum, rong, raugn, rømn, ragn, rønn, røne, rånnj, rån (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse reynir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rœʊːn/

Noun

raun m (definite singular raunen, indefinite plural raunar, definite plural raunane)

1. (botany) rowan
   1. Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan
   2. any of the small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with white flowers and red berries

Anagrams

• nuar, runa, unar, urna

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From an Austronesian language, compare Indonesian raun (“to travel around”).

Verb

raun

1. stroll, wander

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ráhùn, ráwùn

Etymology

From rá +‎ oùn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾá.ũ̀/

Verb

ráùn

1. (Ekiti) Alternative form of ráhùn (“to complain; to verbally complaint”)

   ọmọ abẹ́nị mọ́ta mọ́ ráùn ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n kọ́ nù, ké ráùn ịdà rẹ̀ góró

   The one who beheads someone on the rock, and not complain about the person they lost, but complain about the state of their sword

   (oríkì of the Déjì of Àkúrẹ́)