runga

Maori

Adverb

runga

1. upwards, up

Preposition

runga

1. 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)

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

Conjugation of runga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	runga		—
Supine	rungat		—
Imperative	runga		—
Imper. plural1	rungen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	rungar	rungade	—	—
Ind. plural1	runga	rungade	—	—
Subjunctive2	runge	rungade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	rungande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• runga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• runga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• runga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tʊ́nga.

Verb

runga

1. to sew