rungu

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Swahili rungu.

Noun[edit]

rungu (plural rungus)

  1. A wooden throwing club or baton used in certain East African tribal cultures.

Anagrams[edit]

Balinese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

rungu

  1. Romanization of ᬭᬸᬗᬸ

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Javanese ꦫꦸꦔꦸ (rungu, to hear), from Old Javanese ruṅu, rĕṅö, ḍĕṅö (to hear), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ. Doublet of dengar.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.ŋu/
  • Rhymes: -ŋu
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ngu

Noun[edit]

rungu (plural rungu-rungu, first-person possessive runguku, second-person possessive rungumu, third-person possessive rungunya)

  1. hearing (ability)

Further reading[edit]

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

rungu

  1. Romanization of ꦫꦸꦔꦸ

Swahili[edit]

rungu

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

rungu (ma class, plural marungu)

  1. club, knobkerry, rungu