ruku

• IPA^(key): [ˈruku]

ruku f

1. accusative singular of ruka

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːku/
• Rhymes: -uːku

ruku

1. first-person plural active past indicative of rúka
2. second-person plural active past indicative of rúka
3. third-person plural active past indicative of rúka

ruku

1. third-person plural active past indicative of rjúka

• IPA^(key): [ˈruku]

ruku

1. accusative/instrumental singular of ruka

From Proto-Polynesian *ruku (compare with Rarotongan ruku) from Proto-Oceanic *ruku “go under water, duck under sth., bow the head”.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈruku/ [ˈɾʉkʉ]

ruku (passive rukua or rukuhia)

1. to dive
2. to sink
3. to submerge
4. (figurative) to hurl or let oneself fall into sth
5. to ablute

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “ruku”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 409
• “ruku” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈruku/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈruku/

ruku

1. accusative singular of ruka

ruku

1. third-person plural past active indicative of rjúka

ruku

1. to dive

• rukuruku ("go diving")

Borrowed from Ternate ruku (“to bow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.ku/

ruku

1. (intransitive) to bend
2. (intransitive) to bow

• Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987), Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

rȕkū (Cyrillic spelling ру̏кӯ)

1. genitive plural of ruka

rùkū (Cyrillic spelling ру̀кӯ)

1. genitive plural of ruka

rȗku (Cyrillic spelling ру̑ку)

1. accusative singular of ruka

• IPA^(key): /ruku/, [ˈruku]
• Rhymes: -uku
• Hyphenation: ru‧ku

ruku

1. accusative singular of ruka

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾu.ku/

ruku

1. (intransitive) to bow

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

• IPA^(key): /ˈʀuku/

ruku

1. accusative/instrumental singular of ruka

Borrowed from Arabic رُكُوع (rukūʕ).

ruku (plural rukular)

1. (Islam) ruku' (bowing in prayer)