romu

Borrowed from Finnish romu. Until the late 20th century, the word was restricted to colloquial speech.

romu (genitive romu, partitive romu)

1. an especially old, rusted, or otherwise bad car
2. scrap, junk, any old or rusted metal object

romista (“to crash, make a crashing sound”) +‎ -u

• IPA^(key): /ˈromu/, [ˈro̞mu]
• Rhymes: -omu
• Hyphenation^(key): ro‧mu

romu

1. scrap, junk, especially one that consists of metal objects.
2. wreck, wreckage

• “romu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• muro

romu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ロム