urunga

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *quluŋ-an (“headrest” – compare with Tahitian uruʻa, Samoan uluga and aluga, Tongan ʻolunga)[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulun-an “head rest” (compare with Coastal Kadazan tuhunan, Tagalog ulunan and unan, Cebuano ulonan) affixed from *qulun₂ “to rest one's head”.[2][3]

Noun

urunga

  1. pillow

Etymology 2

From uru (“to enter”) +‎ -nga (deverbal suffix).

Noun

urunga

  1. entrance (act of entering)

Etymology 3

From uru (“head”) +‎ -nga.

Noun

urunga

  1. rudder

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 581
  2. ^ See:
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 112-3

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “urunga”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 571
  • “urunga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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