trui

From Middle Dutch troye, from Middle Low German troie, troige, possibly from Old Norse treyja (“sleeveless jacket”) or from Latin troga (“horsehair monk's garment”).

• IPA^(key): /trœy̯/

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• Hyphenation: trui
• Rhymes: -œy̯

trui f (plural truien, diminutive truitje n)

1. jumper, sweater

   Synonym: pull

2. (Suriname) T-shirt

• bolletjestrui
• coltrui
• een bruine trui breien
• naveltrui

• Afrikaans: trui
• → West Frisian: trui

• ruit

From Middle Vietnamese blui. Compare lùi.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈuj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈuj˧˧]

trui • (焠, 淬, 碎)

1. (obsolete as a free morpheme, now only in compounds) to temper, to anneal

   trui rèn ― to forge and temper > to forge

2. (obsolete as a free morpheme, now only in compounds) to grill on burning charcoal

   cá lóc nướng trui ― grilled snakehead

Borrowed from Dutch trui, from Middle Dutch troye, from Middle Low German troie.

trui c (plural truien, diminutive truike or truitsje)

1. sweater

• “trui”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011