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". 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.

Adjective

renga

1. yellow

   Synonym: kōwhai

Noun

renga

1. (obsolete) turmeric

Related terms

• rengarenga

See also

Colors in Maori · ngā tae (layout · text)

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

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

Venetian

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