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See also: røve and röve

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Etymology 1

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Probably from Middle English *roven, a Midlands variant of Northern Middle English raven (to wander), from Old Norse ráfa (to rove; stray about). Cognate with Icelandic ráfa (to wander), Scots rave (to wander; stray; roam).

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rove (third-person singular simple present roves, present participle roving, simple past and past participle roved)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To shoot with arrows (at).
  2. (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
  3. (transitive) To roam or wander through.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      Roving the field, I chanced / A goodly tree far distant to behold.
  4. (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
    • 1835, Andrew Ure, The Philosophy of Manufacturers:
      Although both [flax and wool] must be roved and spun upon similar principles, each requires peculiar modifications in its machinery.
  5. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
  6. To draw through an eye or aperture.
  7. To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
  8. To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
    • 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, [], London: [] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, [], →OCLC:
      pirates, roving up and downe the sea
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Noun

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rove (plural roves)

  1. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
  2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.
  3. The act of wandering; a ramble.
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Etymology 2

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Inflected forms.

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rove

  1. simple past of rive
  2. simple past of reeve

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Verb

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rove

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of roven

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *robëh (compare Ingrian rove, Karelian roveh, Veps robeh). Probably derived from the onomatopoeic root of ropista.[1]

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  • IPA(key): /ˈroʋeˣ/, [ˈro̞ʋe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -oʋe
  • Hyphenation(key): ro‧ve

Noun

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rove

  1. Small container made of birch bark.
    Synonyms: kosio, ropponen, tuokkonen
    • 1891, Juhana Kokko, Kruunun Metsissä, →ISBN:
      Sillä välin hän sitoi haavansa, otti sitten ropeen, joi raikasta vettä ja varustausi matkalle.
      In the meanwhile, he dressed his wounds before taking a rove, drinking fresh water and preparing for the trip.
  2. (by extension) A container of similar size but any material, when used to store mämmi (a traditional fasting dish).
    • 2016 March 27, Teemu Stubin, “Juha Miedon mämmiurakka lähti käsistä: Yli 48 000 kilokalorin pommi!”, in Iltalehti:
      24 rovetta oli jätetty tuohon oven eteen, Mieto kertoo.
      24 roves had been left right there before my door, explains Mieto.

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Inflection of rove (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation)
nominative rove ropeet
genitive ropeen ropeiden
ropeitten
partitive rovetta ropeita
illative ropeeseen ropeisiin
ropeihin
singular plural
nominative rove ropeet
accusative nom. rove ropeet
gen. ropeen
genitive ropeen ropeiden
ropeitten
partitive rovetta ropeita
inessive ropeessa ropeissa
elative ropeesta ropeista
illative ropeeseen ropeisiin
ropeihin
adessive ropeella ropeilla
ablative ropeelta ropeilta
allative ropeelle ropeille
essive ropeena ropeina
translative ropeeksi ropeiksi
abessive ropeetta ropeitta
instructive ropein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of rove (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ropeeni ropeeni
accusative nom. ropeeni ropeeni
gen. ropeeni
genitive ropeeni ropeideni
ropeitteni
partitive rovettani ropeitani
inessive ropeessani ropeissani
elative ropeestani ropeistani
illative ropeeseeni ropeisiini
ropeihini
adessive ropeellani ropeillani
ablative ropeeltani ropeiltani
allative ropeelleni ropeilleni
essive ropeenani ropeinani
translative ropeekseni ropeikseni
abessive ropeettani ropeittani
instructive
comitative ropeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ropeesi ropeesi
accusative nom. ropeesi ropeesi
gen. ropeesi
genitive ropeesi ropeidesi
ropeittesi
partitive rovettasi ropeitasi
inessive ropeessasi ropeissasi
elative ropeestasi ropeistasi
illative ropeeseesi ropeisiisi
ropeihisi
adessive ropeellasi ropeillasi
ablative ropeeltasi ropeiltasi
allative ropeellesi ropeillesi
essive ropeenasi ropeinasi
translative ropeeksesi ropeiksesi
abessive ropeettasi ropeittasi
instructive
comitative ropeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ropeemme ropeemme
accusative nom. ropeemme ropeemme
gen. ropeemme
genitive ropeemme ropeidemme
ropeittemme
partitive rovettamme ropeitamme
inessive ropeessamme ropeissamme
elative ropeestamme ropeistamme
illative ropeeseemme ropeisiimme
ropeihimme
adessive ropeellamme ropeillamme
ablative ropeeltamme ropeiltamme
allative ropeellemme ropeillemme
essive ropeenamme ropeinamme
translative ropeeksemme ropeiksemme
abessive ropeettamme ropeittamme
instructive
comitative ropeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ropeenne ropeenne
accusative nom. ropeenne ropeenne
gen. ropeenne
genitive ropeenne ropeidenne
ropeittenne
partitive rovettanne ropeitanne
inessive ropeessanne ropeissanne
elative ropeestanne ropeistanne
illative ropeeseenne ropeisiinne
ropeihinne
adessive ropeellanne ropeillanne
ablative ropeeltanne ropeiltanne
allative ropeellenne ropeillenne
essive ropeenanne ropeinanne
translative ropeeksenne ropeiksenne
abessive ropeettanne ropeittanne
instructive
comitative ropeinenne

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References

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  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *robëh. Cognates include Finnish rove and Veps robeh.

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Noun

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rove

  1. small basket made of birch bark

Declension

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Declension of rove (type 6/lähe, p-v gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative rove roppeet
genitive roppeen roppein
partitive rovetta roppeita
illative roppeesse roppeisse
inessive roppees roppeis
elative roppeest roppeist
allative roppeelle roppeille
adessive roppeel roppeil
ablative roppeelt roppeilt
translative roppeeks roppeiks
essive roppeenna, roppeen roppeinna, roppein
exessive1) roppeent roppeint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 487