roop

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English

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Etymology

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

Verb

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.

Derived terms

Noun

roop (plural roops)

  1. Hoarseness.

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Middle English

Noun

roop

  1. Alternative form of rop (“rope”)

Semai

Etymology

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

Noun

roop

  1. companion; friend

References

  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
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