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rongo

Malagasy

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Noun

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rongo

  1. A kind of braid

Maori

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Etymology

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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

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rongo

  1. to hear (used in the passive form or as rongona)
    Synonym: whakarongo
  2. to perceive, to sense, to feel

Noun

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rongo

  1. hearing
    1. any other sense excluding sight
  2. perception, awareness
  3. fame
  4. news

Adjective

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rongo

  1. perceivable, physical

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 423-4
  2. ^ 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

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  • “rongo” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Narua

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Noun

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rongo

  1. agriculture

Nias

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ.

Verb

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rongo

  1. (transitive) to hear

References

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  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 176.
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