ruma

Pronunciation: /ˈrumɑ/

“ruma” is a Finnish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

ugly (displeasing to the eye or ear)
ugly, dirty (offensive to one's sensibilities or morality)
dirty, foul (of a word or language in general: something considered vulgar)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ruma, possibly a North Germanic borrowing. Cognates include Estonian rumal (“stupid”), Ingrian ruma (“ugly”), Livonian rumāli (“dirty”), Livvi ruma, Veps ruma (“ugly; coarse”) and Votic ruma. The Finnic word has been borrowed into Sami; compare Northern Sami ropmi.

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