rooi

From Dutch rood, of which the inflected form is rooie in Northern Dutch (in particular Hollandic) colloquial speech. Further from Middle Dutch rôot, from Old Dutch rōd, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /roːi̯/

rooi (attributive rooie, comparative rooier, superlative rooiste)

1. red

• rooibos

• IPA^(key): /roːi̯/

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• Rhymes: -oːi̯

From rood through vocalisation of intervocalic -d- (in inflected forms).

rooi (comparative rooier, superlative rooist)

1. (informal, chiefly attributive) Alternative form of rood (“red”)

rooi

1. first-person singular present indicative of rooien
2. imperative of rooien

From Spanish arroyo.

rooi

A dry creek, that fills with water after rainfall.

1. creek
2. gulch