roŋo

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *roŋo. Cognates include Hawaiian lono and Maori rongo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾo.ŋo/
  • Hyphenation: ro‧ŋo

Noun

roŋo

  1. message, order, notice

Derived terms

References

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 179
  • “rongo”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 46