runa

• IPA^(key): /ɾuˈnaʔ/ [ɾuˈn̪aʔ]
• Hyphenation: ru‧na

runâ (Basahan spelling ᜍᜓᜈ)

1. alternative spelling of rona

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈru.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈru.na]

runa f (plural runes)

1. rune

• rúnic

Contraction of ruïna.

runa f (plural runes)

1. ruin

   Synonym: ruïna

2. debris, rubble

   Synonym: enderroc

• enrunar
• runam

• “runa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “runa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “runa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “runa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Swedish runa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈruna]

runa f

1. rune

• “runa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “runa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “runa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

rūna

1. romanization of 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰

From Old Norse runa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrʏːna/
• Rhymes: -ʏːna

runa f (genitive singular runu, nominative plural runur)

1. row, sequence

   Synonym: röð

2. string of letters or names, enumeration

   Synonyms: romsa, þula, upptalning

3. rigmarole

   Synonyms: romsa, langloka

4. (mathematics) series, sequence

• raun

From Latin rūna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.na/
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: rù‧na

runa f (plural rune)

1. rune

• runico

• urna

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

rūna f (genitive rūnae); first declension

1. dart or javelin
2. rune

First-declension noun.

• “runa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "runa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• runa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Proto-Indo-European *reu-, *ru-, imitative of speech sounds (from which also Latvian rūkt (“to roar, growl, snarl”), Russian рычать (ryčatʹ, “to roar, growl, snarl”)) with a suffix *-nā. Cognates include Old Irish run, Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (rūna, “secret, mystery”) (i.e., that which is said as a secret), Old English rūn, Old Saxon rūna, Middle Low German rūne (“mysterious whisper; runic character”), Old Norse rýna (“to talk secretly”), Old English rūnian (“to whisper; to plot, conspire”), Old High German rūnēn, German raunen (“to whisper”). Latvian runa probably also meant originally “solemn speech” (maybe “mystic ritual”?); still in the 17-19th centuries it was often used to indicate some special kind of communication (e.g., runas dot “to give advice”, lit. “to give talk”, or runas diena “council meeting”, lit. “talking day”).^[1]

runa f (4th declension)

1. speech, speaking, talking (articulated production of language)

   runas spēja, iemaņas, traucējumi ― speech ability, skills, disorders

   runas orgāni, aparāts ― speech organs, apparatus

   iekšēja runa ― internal speech, internal monologue

   ātra runa ― fast speech; a quick question

   izteiksmīga runa ― expressive speech

   runas veids ― way, style of speaking

   bērnu runa ― children's talk

2. talk, words (what is said by someone)

   par ko ir runa? — what (are you) talking about?

   par to nevar būt ne runas ― about that there can be no talk, it is out of the question

   ticēt glaimu runām ― to believe flattering words

   runas apklusa ― the talking (= people) became silent

3. speech (a spoken text, often delivered in public)

   runas māksla ― the art of speech, oratory

   oratora runa ― the speaker's talk

   apsveikuma runa ― welcome speech

   teikt runu, uzstāties ar runu ― to deliver a speech

   publiskā runa ― public speech

   galda runa ― table, banquet speech, after-dinner speech

4. (grammar) speech (direct or indirect presentation of someone's words)

   tiešā, netiešā runa ― direct, indirect speech

5. (chiefly in the plural) rumor, gossip, idle talk

   tukšas runas ― empty rumors

   kaimiņu runas ― neighbors' talk

   zināt no ļaužu runām ― to know from people's talk, by hearsay

   neklausīties ļaužu runās ― don't listen to people's talk

Cognate with Tahitian nuna “amalgamation” and nunā “people, nation”.^[1][2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

runa

1. to tie up, to draw together
2. to secure
3. to keep close, to gather
4. to assemble

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “runa”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 410
• “runa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

runa (Raguileo spelling)

1. a handful

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːnɑ/

rūna f

1. nominative plural of rūn
2. accusative plural of rūn

From Proto-West Germanic *rūnu. Cognate with the Old English rūn, Old High German rūna (German Raun), Old Norse rún, and Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (runa).

rūna f

1. mystery, secret
2. rune

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.na/

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• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: ru‧na

Derived from Old Norse rún.

runa f (related adjective runiczny or runicki or runowy or runiany)

1. (chiefly in the plural, historical) rune (letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons)
2. (chiefly in the plural, poetry) rune (Finnic or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

runa n

1. inflection of runo:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

• runy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• runy in PWN's encyclopedia

• urna

Borrowed from French rune, from Old Norse rún, rúnar (“secret, rune”),^[1][2] from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.

• Hyphenation: ru‧na

runa f (plural runas)

1. rune

• rúnico

runa

1. man
2. person, human being

• → Spanish: runa

• IPA^(key): /rûːna/
• Hyphenation: ru‧na

rȗna f (Cyrillic spelling ру̑на)

1. rune

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

runa (Cyrillic spelling руна)

1. genitive singular of runo

• “runa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Derived from Old Norse rún, rúnar (“secret, rune”), from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo, acc. sing.), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.

• IPA^(key): [ˈruna]
• Hyphenation: ru‧na

runa f (relational adjective runový)

1. rune

• “runa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈruna/ [ˈru.na]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: ru‧na

Borrowed from Old Norse rún, rúnar (“secret, rune”), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.

runa f (plural runas)

1. rune

Borrowed from Quechua runa (“man”).

runa m (plural runas)

1. (colloquial, in Quechua communities) man

runa

1. feminine singular of runo

• “runa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Old Swedish run, from Old Norse rún, from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo, acc. sing.), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.

runa c

1. a rune ((representation of a) letter of the runic alphabet)
2. (often in compounds) an obituary (brief biography of a recently deceased person, usually written by a journalist and published in a newspaper)
3. a rune (Finnic epic poem)

• runa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• runa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• runa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• uran, urna