rotu

Borrowed from Old East Slavic родъ (rodŭ) (compare Russian ро́д (ród, “kind”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrotu/, [ˈro̞t̪u]
• Rhymes: -otu
• Syllabification^(key): ro‧tu

 

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rotu

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rotu

1. breed (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies, such as of domesticated animals)
2. race (large group of people set apart from others)
3. race (population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics)

• “rotu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (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

• ruot, toru, turo

Borrowed from Tok Pisin lotu (“church, religion”), from Samoan Plantation Pidgin lotu, from Fijian lotu.

rotu

1. church service

• Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎^[2], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 96

Shortening of rotulador

rotu m (plural rotus)

1. marker, felt-tip pen