runga

• rangán, ronga, ronnsa, ronsa^[1]

From English rung

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 [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 578
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “runga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈruŋa/ [ˈɾʉŋɐ]

runga

1. upwards, up

runga

1. above, over, upon

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

From the same root as ringa (“to ring”), which see.

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 [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “runga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “runga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

From Proto-Bantu *-tʊ́nga.

runga

1. to sew