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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
- 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