runga

• rangán, ronga, ronnsa, ronsa^[1]

From English rung, from Old English hrung, from Proto-West Germanic *hrungu, from Proto-Germanic *hrungō.

runga m (genitive singular runga, nominative plural rungaí)

1. rung (crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; crosspiece between legs of a chair)
2. banister (vertical support of a handrail)
3. rung, step (position in hierarchy)

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ronga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ronga”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 578
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “runga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Proto-Polynesian *luŋa (“above, top”). Cognate with Hawaiian luna (“above”).

runga

1. upwards, up

runga

1. above, over, upon

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “runga”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 410-1
• “runga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

runga (present rungar, preterite rungade, supine rungat, imperative runga)

1. (often in the present participle "rungande") to resound (including figuratively)

   rungande applåder

   resounding applause

   Resultatet av omröstningen blev ett rungande nej

   The result of the vote was a resounding no

   Rummet rungade av skratt

   The room resounded with laughter

   en rungade örfil

   a powerful ("resounding") slap over the side of the head (idiomatic)

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

From Proto-Bantu *-tʊ́nga.

runga

1. to sew