Borrowed from Finnish romu. Until the late 20th century, the word was restricted to colloquial speech.
romu (genitive romu, partitive romu)
Declension of romu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
romista (“to crash, make a crashing sound”) + -u
romu
Inflection of romu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
romu