renga

See also: Renga

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

• Agner, Negar, Regan, anger, areng, grane, range, rangé, regna

Iban

Pronunciation

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

Noun

renga

1. flu

Japanese

Romanization

renga

1. Rōmaji transcription of れんが

Malay

Noun

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

1. larva

Further reading

• “renga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maori

Etymology

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

renga

1. yellow

   Synonym: kōwhai

Noun

renga

1. (obsolete) turmeric

Related terms

• rengarenga

See also

Colors in Maori · ngā tae (layout · text)

tea, mā	kiwikiwi	pango
mea, kura, whero	karaka; parauri	kōwhai, renga
	kāriki, kākāriki	kārikiuri
	kikorangi	kahurangi
tūāuri	waiporoporo	māwhero

References

1. “Rengarenga”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2022
2. Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, 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

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of rengja

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

renga

1. feminine singular of rengo

Venda

Verb

renga

1. to buy

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian aringa (“herring”).

Noun

renga f (plural renghe)

1. herring (Clupea harengus)

Further reading

• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “renga”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 566