Ru

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Bodzvokhan

Etymology

From Sungdin *rw.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ʁu/

Orthographic Form

ru

Cyrillic Orthographic Form

ру

Noun

ru

  1. time
Inflection
Singular Plural
Nominative ru ruf
Genitive run rum

Creation and Usage Notes

Wow, really? I did that? That's either extremely lazy, or extremely—wait, hang on, I got something for this. Was this word: (a) ultra-brave, or (b) foolhardy?

-David J. Peterson 15:33, 4 January 2020 (PST)

Chakobsa

Etymology

From the root rudh.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɾu/

Orthographic Form

ru 

Preposition

ru

  1. to, for (benefactive/dative; takes dependent/ genitive)
  2. future/prophetic tense marker (used for fated/important future events that are destined to happen; subject is the object of the preposition; takes dependent/genitive; followed by clause headed by infinitive)
  3. let’s (hortative, exhortative; subject is the object of the preposition; takes dependent/genitive; followed by clause headed by infinitive)
  4. by, by the time of, at the time of (temporal; takes dependent/genitive)