runga
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English rung, from Old English hrung, from Proto-West Germanic *hrungu, from Proto-Germanic *hrungō.
Noun
[edit]runga m (genitive singular runga, nominative plural rungaí)
- rung (crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; crosspiece between legs of a chair)
- banister (vertical support of a handrail)
- rung, step (position in hierarchy)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- 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
Maori
[edit]Adverb
[edit]runga
Preposition
[edit]runga
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]runga (present rungar, preterite rungade, supine rungat, imperative runga)
- (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)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | runga | — | ||
| supine | rungat | — | ||
| imperative | runga | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | rungen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | rungar | rungade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | runga | rungade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | runge | rungade | — | — |
| present participle | rungande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
References
[edit]- runga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- runga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- runga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Venda
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-tʊ́nga.
Verb
[edit]runga
- to sew
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