rongo (“hear; news; fame”) + nui (“big; great”)
- IPA(key): /ro.ŋo.nu.i/, [ɾɔ.ŋɔ.nʉ.i]
rongonui
- famous; well-known; renowned
rongonui
- fame; renown
Nā tēnei whare ka puta tōna rongonui ki ngā tai katoa o te motu.- It is this house which brought his fame in all parts of the country.
- “rongonui” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.