rengas

rengas

1. plural of renga

• Garnes, serang, arengs, Ganser, ranges, Agners, Serang, Angers, snarge, resang, granes, Sanger, sanger, angers

From Proto-Finnic *rëngas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hrengaz (“ring”), an earlier form of *hringaz in which the change from e to i before syllable-final n had not yet occurred.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreŋːɑs/,
• Rhymes: -eŋːɑs
• Hyphenation^(key): ren‧gas

rengas

1. ring, loop, hoop (hollow circular object)
2. tyre, tire (ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel)
3. (gymnastics, in the plural) rings, still rings (apparatus)
4. Synonym of lenkki (“link”) (element of a chain or other connected series)

   puuttuva rengas ― missing link

5. (chemistry) ring (group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain)
6. (geometry) ring (a planar geometrical figure between two concentric circles)
7. (algebra) ring (algebraic structure)

• rinki

• “rengas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

From Proto-Finnic *rëngas. Cognates include Finnish rengas and Estonian rõngas.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈreŋɡɑs/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈreŋɡɑs/,
• Rhymes: -eŋɡɑs
• Hyphenation: ren‧gas

rengas

1. ring
   • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 25:

     „Mikä näkö seel olla vois? —
     Mit renkaat on sil silmilöis?

     „What kind of face could there be there? —
     What kind of rings does it have in the eyes?

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 473

rengas

1. ring

• IPA^(key): /ˈrenɡas/
• Rhymes: -enɡas
• Syllabification: ren‧gas

rengas

1. feminine plural of rengo