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And they were called Romulus and Remus (from "ruma", the dug), because they were found suckling the wolf.
The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls 46-120? Plutarch 1884
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To clarify on the topic of flimflam Etruscan etymologies that irk me, see for example Augias/Jenkens, The Secrets of Rome: Love & death in the eternal city (2007), p.3 (see link): "Other hypotheses include the Etruscan word rumon, or river, and thus the 'city of the river,' or the Oscan ruma, or hill."
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And they were called Romulus and Remus, (from ruma, the dug,) as we had before, because they were found sucking the wolf.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Over hill and down dale the ku-ruma road leads to Ureshino,
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894
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Tepeuh xux ruma ri xbanatah xqiban, kitzih elo [t] xeux ruma.
The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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_Nak ruma tiqui [c] am_, etc. These words of the hero Gagavitz are not easy to translate.
The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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Hunahpu, xa [c] iy ral ru [c] ahol, xa [c] a maqui xya Akahal vinak chi camic chirichin ruma Ahpopço [c,] il Ahpopxahil, camel tah Akahal vinak chu
The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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Tunatiuh chique ahaua, tok x [c,] et chic quivach ruma Tunatiuh.
The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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Chupam huna chic vae, xavi tanti tahin labal ruma Castilan vinak xutuloba chi can Chij xot, haok ki xla [t] abex Bulbuxya ruma Castilan vinak, vave chupam huna ki xyaloh vi labal xmani vi xyao patan ruma ronohel huyu.
The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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Tunatiuh Cuzcatan xi [c] o cam apon Atacat; ha chi cay Queh xcam Atacat ruma Castilan vinak ronohel [c] a achiha; xebe ru [c] in Tunatiuh camiçay richin Yaqui.
The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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