| Word form | roven |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | to cry, weep; howl |
| Czech translation | plakat, brečet; výt |
| Hungarian translation | sír; vonít, üvölt |
| Grammatical info | perfective rú-n- |
| Analyzability | unanalyzable |
| Age | Old Indo-Aryan [9] (-1900–-500) |
| Early Romani reconstruction | *rov-, PFV ru-n- |
| Boretzky & Igla's etymology | 246: < Prakrit royaï < OIA rodati; cf. Hindi ronā |
| Mānušs et al. etymology | 111: < OIA, cf. Sanskrit rod- ‘to weep, to cry’; cf. Hindi ro- |
| Vekerdi's etymology | 143: < Sanskrit rodati [T] |
| Turner's etymology | 10840 |