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Maori
Adverb
runga
- upwards, up
Preposition
runga
- above, over, upon
Further reading
- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “runga”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 410-1
- “runga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Swedish
Verb
runga (present rungar, preterite rungade, supine rungat, imperative runga)
- (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)
Conjugation
Conjugation of runga (weak)
References
Venda
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-tʊ́nga.
Verb
runga
- to sew