Wiktionary

renga

See also: Renga

English edit

Etymology edit

From Japanese 連歌 (renga, literally “connected verse”).

Noun edit

renga (plural rengas or renga)

  1. A form of Japanese verse in which short poems are connected together, the origin of haikai and haiku.

Anagrams edit

Iban edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [rəŋaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: re‧nga
  • Rhymes: -aʔ

Noun edit

renga

  1. flu

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

renga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of れんが

Malay edit

Noun edit

renga (Jawi spelling رڠا, plural renga-renga, informal 1st possessive rengaku, 2nd possessive rengamu, 3rd possessive renganya)

  1. larva

Further reading edit

Maori edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *renga from Proto-Oceanic *renga. Cognate with Hawaiian lena, Tahitian reʻa, Samoan lega and Tongan enga all meaning "turmeric".[1][2] Sense of colour comes from hue produced by the plant (compare with Hawaiian lenalena), eventually displacing the original meaning when the plant did not survive the cold New Zealand climate.[3]

Adjective edit

renga

  1. yellow
    Synonym: kōwhai

Noun edit

renga

  1. (obsolete) turmeric

Related terms edit

See also edit

Colors in Maori · ngā tae (layout · text)
     mā, tea      kiwikiwi      pango
             whero, kura              karaka; parauri              kōwhai, renga
                          kākāriki              kārikiuri
                          kikorangi              kahurangi
             tūāuri              waiporoporo              māwhero

References edit

  1. ^ “Rengarenga”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2022
  2. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 409
  3. ^ Furey, Louise (2006) Maori gardening: An archaeological perspective, Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Department of Conservation, →ISBN, page 10

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

renga (present tense renger, past tense rengde, past participle rengt, present participle rengande, imperative reng)

  1. Alternative form of rengja

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈrenɡa/ [ˈrẽŋ.ɡa]
  • Rhymes: -enɡa
  • Syllabification: ren‧ga

Adjective edit

renga

  1. feminine singular of rengo

Venda edit

Verb edit

renga

  1. to buy

Venetian edit

Etymology edit

Compare Italian aringa (“herring”).

Noun edit

renga f (plural renghe)

  1. herring (Clupea harengus)

Further reading edit

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