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Malagasy
Noun
rongo
- A kind of braid
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *roŋo, from Proto-Central Pacific *roŋo, from Proto-Oceanic *roŋoʀ (compare with Fijian rogo), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *dəŋəʀ (compare with Malay dengar, Tagalog dinig).[1][2]
Verb
rongo
- to hear (used in the passive form or as rongona)
- Synonym: whakarongo
- to perceive, to sense, to feel
Noun
rongo
- hearing
- any other sense excluding sight
- perception, awareness
- fame
- news
Adjective
rongo
- perceivable, physical
Derived terms
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 423-4
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 499-502
Further reading
- “rongo” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Narua
Noun
rongo
- agriculture
Nias
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ.
Verb
rongo
- (transitive) to hear
References
- Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 176.