renga

See also: Renga

English

Etymology

From Japanese 連歌 (renga, literally “connected verse”).

Noun

renga (plural rengas or renga)

  1. A form of Japanese verse in which short poems are connected together, the origin of haikai and haiku.

Anagrams

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rəŋaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: re‧nga
  • Rhymes: -aʔ

Noun

renga

  1. flu

Japanese

Romanization

renga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of れんが

Malay

Noun

renga (Jawi spelling رڠا, plural renga-renga)

  1. larva

Further reading

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *renga from Proto-Oceanic *renga. Cognate with Hawaiian lena, Tahitian reʻa, Samoan lega and Tongan enga all meaning "turmeric".[1][2] Sense of colour comes from hue produced by the plant (compare with Hawaiian lenalena), eventually displacing the original meaning when the plant did not survive the cold New Zealand climate.[3]

Adjective

renga

  1. yellow
    Synonym: kōwhai

Noun

renga

  1. (obsolete) turmeric

See also

Colors in Maori · ngā tae (layout · text)
     tea, mā      kiwikiwi      pango
             mea, kura, whero              karaka; parauri              kōwhai, renga
                          kāriki, kākāriki              kārikiuri
                          kikorangi              kahurangi
             tūāuri              waiporoporo              māwhero

References

  1. ^ “Rengarenga”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2022
  2. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 409
  3. ^ Furey, Louise (2006) Maori gardening: An archaeological perspective, Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Department of Conservation, →ISBN, page 10

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

renga (present tense renger, past tense rengde, past participle rengt, present participle rengande, imperative reng)

  1. alternative form of rengja

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrenɡa/ [ˈrẽŋ.ɡa]
  • Rhymes: -enɡa
  • Syllabification: ren‧ga

Adjective

renga

  1. feminine singular of rengo

Venda

Verb

renga

  1. to buy

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian aringa (“herring”).

Noun

renga f (plural renghe)

  1. herring (Clupea harengus)

Further reading

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