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Asturian
Verb
ruta
third-person singular present indicative of rutar
second-person singular imperative of rutar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French route .
Pronunciation
Noun
ruta f (plural rutes )
route
Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Proto-Norse ( *hrudā ) (compare Old Norse hroði ( “ slime ” ) ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ruta
( rare ) mud
Synonym: muta
Declension
Derived terms
( compounds ):
Further reading
Irish
Etymology
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Noun
ruta m (genitive singular ruta , nominative plural rutaí )
rut , beaten track
place , district
Declension
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
From Latin rūta , from Ancient Greek ῥυτή ( rhutḗ ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈru.ta/
Rhymes: -uta
Hyphenation: rù‧ta
Noun
ruta f (plural rute )
rue ( plant )
Derived terms
Anagrams
Kabuverdianu
Noun
ruta
black seabream , Spondyliosoma cantharus
References
Gonçalves, Manuel (2015 ) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary , →ISBN
Karelian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian руда ( ruda ) .
Noun
ruta (genitive , partitive )
ore
specifically bog iron
pearl of an oyster
Synonyms
References
Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009 ) “ruta”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja , Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records kurutta as an equivalent of English take off in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[ 1]
Pronunciation
Verb
ruta (infinitive kũruta )
to take out from[ 2]
to remove , to take away [ 2]
Mũmeni ũngĩ amũrutaga mbakĩ iniũrũ . ― One who hates another takes away his sniff from his nose.[ 3]
to teach [ 4] [ 5]
to obtain , to produce [ 2]
Ndũgũ ĩrutagwo njĩra-inĩ .[ 6] ― Friendship is usually made on the road.
Synonyms
Derived terms
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References
^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa , pp. 58–59. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom , p. 24 .
^ Wanjohi, G. J. (1997). The Wisdom and Philosophy of the Gikuyu Proverbs: The Kihooto World-view , p. 244 . Paulines Publications Africa.
^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu , p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
^ “ruta” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary , pp. 413–414. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ Njũrũri, Ngũmbũ (1969). Gĩkũyũ Proverbs , p. 104 .
Laboya
Pronunciation
Noun
ruta
grass
References
Allahverdi Verdizade (2019 ) “ruta”, in Lamboya word list , Leiden: LexiRumah
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῥυτή ( rhutḗ ) , from a Peloponnesian language.
Pronunciation
Noun
rūta f (genitive rūtae ) ; first declension
rue ( bitter herb )
Declension
First-declension noun.
Participle
ruta
inflection of rutus :
nominative / vocative feminine singular
nominative / accusative / vocative neuter plural
Participle
rutā
ablative feminine singular of rutus
Descendants
References
“ruta ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ruta ”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ) An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers
ruta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
ruta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
ruta m sg or f sg
definite feminine singular of rute
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ruta f sg
definite singular of rute
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈru.ta/
Rhymes: -uta
Syllabification: ru‧ta
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin rūta .
Noun
ruta f (diminutive rutka , related adjective ruciany )
rue ( bitter herb )
Declension
Derived terms
( nouns ):
( proper nouns ):
( verbs ):
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French route . Doublet of raut .
Noun
ruta f
( obsolete , rare ) route
Synonyms: kierunek , kurs , marszruta
Etymology 3
Borrowed from German Rute / Ruthe .
Noun
ruta f
flexible rod used for corporal punishment
Hypernym: pręt
( historical ) rod ( unit of measure )
Synonym: pręt
( nouns ):
Further reading
ruta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
ruta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
ruta f
definite nominative / accusative singular of rută
Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-túnda .
Verb
ruta
to learn
to read
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French route , from the Latin phrase via rupta ( “ a paved, cleared or 'broken' road ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈruta/
Rhymes: -uta
Syllabification: ru‧ta
Noun
ruta f (plural rutas )
highway
route
Synonyms: recorrido , rumbo
( computing ) path
Derived terms
Further reading
Swedish
The game ruta ( “ foursquare ” ) .
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German rūte , from Old High German rūta , probably from Latin rūta ( “ rue ” ) . Cognates include Danish rude , Norwegian Bokmål rute and German Raute ( “ rhomb ” ) .
Noun
ruta c
square , tile , box ( as on a checkerboard )
windowpane ( a piece of glass )
Synonym: fönsterruta
panel ( single frame in a comic strip )
lozenge ( diamond-shaped heraldic charge )
( games ) foursquare
Synonyms: bengtboll , king , kingboll , king out , nigger , nogger
Declension
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Latin rūta , from Ancient Greek ῥυτή ( rhutḗ ) .
Noun
ruta c
rue (plant of the genus Ruta )
Synonym: vinruta
Declension
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ruta .
Pronunciation
Noun
ruta (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜆ )
route ; itinerary
Synonyms: itineraryo , rumbo , landas , daan , daanan , yagban
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
“ruta ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
Anagrams
Yámana
Etymology
From Spanish ruta .
Noun
ruta
path