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routa

Bingham

róuta

vt. to dig up as a root of babai.

Sabatier

routa

from. rou.
vt. to pull up, to dig up, to uproot, to extract, to extirpate.
red. rorouta, rourouta, rorouta roroana: crane the neck.
ex. e roroutia: he draws himself up, carries his head high.