rotu
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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic родъ (rodŭ) (compare Russian ро́д (ród, “kind”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
rotu
- breed (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies, such as of domesticated animals)
- race (large group of people set apart from others)
- race (population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics)
Declension
| Inflection of rotu (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rotu | rodut | |
| genitive | rodun | rotujen | |
| partitive | rotua | rotuja | |
| illative | rotuun | rotuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rotu | rodut | |
| accusative | nom. | rotu | rodut |
| gen. | rodun | ||
| genitive | rodun | rotujen | |
| partitive | rotua | rotuja | |
| inessive | rodussa | roduissa | |
| elative | rodusta | roduista | |
| illative | rotuun | rotuihin | |
| adessive | rodulla | roduilla | |
| ablative | rodulta | roduilta | |
| allative | rodulle | roduille | |
| essive | rotuna | rotuina | |
| translative | roduksi | roduiksi | |
| abessive | rodutta | roduitta | |
| instructive | — | roduin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
- alkuperäisrotu
- ayrshirerotu
- herefordrotu
- herrarotu
- hevosrotu
- ihmisrotu
- jalorotuinen
- jerseyrotu
- kanarotu
- kaniinirotu
- karjarotu
- kissarotu
- koirarotu
- kylmäverirotu
- lammasrotu
- lehmärotu
- liharotu
- maatiaisrotu
- nautarotu
- puoliverirotu
- pystykorvarotu
- rodunjalostus
- rodunjalostusoppi
- rotuennakkoluulo
- rotuerottelu
- rotuhevonen
- rotuhygieenikko
- rotuhygienia
- rotukiihkoilija
- rotukiintiö
- rotukissa
- rotukoira
- rotumellakka
- rotumerkki
- rotunainen
- rotuominaisuus
- rotuoppi
- rotupetturi
- rotupuhdas
- rotupuhtaus
- roturealismi
- rotusorto
- rotusota
- rotusukulaisuus
- rotusyrjintä
- rotuviha
- rotuylpeys
- sekarotu
- sekarotuinen
- sikarotu
- vierasrotuinen
Further reading
- “rotu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Rotokas
Etymology
Borrowed from Tok Pisin lotu (“church, religion”), from Samoan Plantation Pidgin lotu, from Fijian lotu.
Noun
rotu
References
- Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English, Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 96
Spanish
Etymology
Shortening of rotulador
Noun
rotu m (plural rotus)