ngurunguru

Rarotongan

Etymology

Reduplication of Proto-Polynesian *ŋulu “to grunt, to rumble” (compare with Maori nguru “to rumble”, Tahitian ʻuʻuru “to growl [of dogs]”, Tongan ngungulu, Samoan gugulu) from Proto-Oceanic *ŋuru “to grunt, to growl”[1] from Proto-Oceanic *kuru “thunder” (compare with Fijian kuru) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀuq ~ *guʀuq “ibid.” (compare with Malay guruh).[2][3]

Verb

ngurunguru

  1. to grunt (of pigs), to growl (of dogs)
  2. to roar (of a lion)

References

  1. ^ Marck, Jeffrey C. (2000) Topics in Polynesian Language and Culture History, Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, page 243
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “gulu”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 151-2
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