roob

roob

Green Hmong

Etymology

From Burmese တောင် (taung) ("mountain").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʈɒ̃˥/

Noun

roob

  1. mountain; hill

Somali

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Cushitic *roob- ~ *roop- (“above; sky”). Compare Proto-South Cushitic *rawa (“sky”).

Cognate with Maay roob, Rendille roob (“green country”), Jiiddu ruuw, Oromo and Orma rooba, Konso roopa, Afar rob.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ̂ːb/, [ˈrɔ̂ːʔ͡p]

Noun

ròob m (plural roobab m)

  1. rain

References

  • “roob”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012

White Hmong

Etymology

From Burmese တောင် (taung) ("mountain").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʈɒ̃˥/

Noun

roob

  1. mountain; hill
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