ru-

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Chuukese

Prefix

ru-

  1. two

Curripaco

Prefix

ru-

  1. third person singular feminine agent marker

References

  • Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo, Agreement in two Arawak languages, in The Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008, →ISBN, page 398

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dʊ́-dʊ̀-.

Prefix

ru-

  1. Class 11 noun prefix.

Tocharian A

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ru-

  1. to open

Tocharian B

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ru-

  1. to open

Tooro

Alternative forms

  • (before vowels) rw-

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dʊ́-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

ru-

  1. class 11 pronominal concord
    ru- + ‎-nu (this, these) → ‎runu (this (class 11))
  2. it; class 11 subject concord
    ru- + ‎-kora (to do) → ‎rukora (it (class 11) does)
  3. positive imperative form of -ru- (it; class 11 object concord)
    ru- + ‎-ha (to give) → ‎ruha (give it (class 11))

See also

Tooro personal pronouns
class person independent possessive subject
concord
object
concord
combined forms
na ni
class 1 first nyowe, nye -ange n- -n- nanyowe, nanye ninyowe, ninye
second iwe -awe o- -ku- naiwe niiwe
third uwe -e a- -mu- nawe nuwe
class 2 first itwe -aitu tu- -tu- naitwe niitwe
second inywe -anyu mu- -ba- nainywe niinywe
third abo -abo ba- -ba- nabo nubo
class 3 gwo -agwo gu- -gu- nagwo nugwo
class 4 yo -ayo e- -gi- nayo niyo
class 5 lyo -alyo li- -li- nalyo niryo
class 6 go -ago ga- -ga- nago nugo
class 7 kyo -akyo ki- -ki- nakyo nikyo
class 8 byo -abyo bi- -bi- nabyo nibyo
class 9 yo -ayo e- -gi- nayo niyo
class 10 zo -azo zi- -zi- nazo nizo
class 11 rwo -arwo ru- -ru- narwo nurwo
class 12 ko -ako ka- -ka- nako nuko
class 13 two -atwo tu- -tu- natwo nutwo
class 14 bwo -abwo bu- -bu- nabwo nubwo
class 15 kwo -akwo ku- -ku- nakwo nukwo
class 16 ho -aho ha- -ha- naho nuho
class 17 (kwo) N/A ha-
(...-yo)
-ha- N/A nukwo
class 18 (mwo) -amwo ha-
(...-mu)
-ha- N/A numwo
reflexive -enyini, -onyini -e-

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 414