rutuba

See also: Rutuba

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps a blend of ruō (“hurry, rush”) +‎ turba (“stir”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

rutuba f (genitive rutubae); first declension

  1. confusion, turmoil

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rutuba rutubae
Genitive rutubae rutubārum
Dative rutubae rutubīs
Accusative rutubam rutubās
Ablative rutubā rutubīs
Vocative rutuba rutubae

Synonyms

References
  1. Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “rutuba”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 456
  • “rutuba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rutuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُطُوبَة (ruṭūba).

Pronunciation
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Noun

rutuba (n class, plural rutuba)

  1. moistness, dampness
  2. fertility (of the land)

Derived terms
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