"rou" meaning in Afrikaans

See rou in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /rœu/ Forms: rou [attributive], rouer [comparative], rouste [superlative]
Etymology: From Dutch rauw. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|rauw}} Dutch rauw Head templates: {{af-adj|rou}} rou (attributive rou, comparative rouer, superlative rouste)
  1. raw
    Sense id: en-rou-af-adj-10Ob7iR3 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 12 10 1 1 23 23 23 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /rœu/ Forms: rou [present], rouende [participle, present], gerou [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch rouwen. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|rouwen}} Dutch rouwen Head templates: {{af-verb}} rou (present rou, present participle rouende, past participle gerou)
  1. to mourn, grieve
    Sense id: en-rou-af-verb-a-v5bcul Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 12 10 1 1 23 23 23 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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