ru-

ru-

1. two

ru-

1. third person singular feminine agent marker

• 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

From Proto-Bantu *dʊ́-dʊ̀-.

ru-

1. Class 11 noun prefix.

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

ru-

1. to open

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

ru-

1. to open

• (before vowels) rw-

From Proto-Bantu *dʊ́-.

• IPA^(key): /ɾu-/

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)”)

• Ru-

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 414