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runga

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Maori

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Adverb

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runga

  1. upwards, up

Preposition

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runga

  1. above, over, upon

Further reading

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  • 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

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Verb

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runga (present rungar, preterite rungade, supine rungat, imperative runga)

  1. (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

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References

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-tʊ́nga.

Verb

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runga

  1. to sew