rofe

• rufe (southern Moselle Franconian)

From Old High German ruofan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʀoːfə/

rofe (third-person singular present röf or reft, past tense reef, past participle jerofe or gerofe)

1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to call; to shout

   Zint Määtes es att widder hee.

   Wann hä us röf: mir senn att hee!

   St. Martin is back here again.

   When he calls us, we’re already there. (Lines from a popular St. Martin’s song)

• The past tense is chiefly restricted to Ripuarian. Otherwise the forms röf; jerofe are Ripuarian, while reft; gerofe are Moselle Franconian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈroː.fe/, [ˈroː.ve]

rōfe

1. inflection of rōf:
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine/neuter instrumental singular
   3. strong masculine/feminine nominative/accusative plural
   4. weak feminine/neuter nominative singular
   5. weak neuter accusative singular

Borrowed from English rough.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrofe/ [ˈro.fe]
• Rhymes: -ofe
• Syllabification: ro‧fe

rofe m or f (masculine and feminine plural rofes)

1. (New Mexico) rough

   Synonyms: tosco, rudo

• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎^[1], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN