rengo

See also: rengō

Galician

Alternative forms

• renco

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrankijaną (“to twist”). Compare Catalan ranc, English wrench, and Spanish renquear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛŋɡo̝/

Adjective

1. lame

   Synonym: coxo

Noun

rengo m (plural rengos)

1. couch grass (Elymus repens)
2. piglet

   Synonyms: bácoro, larego

Derived terms

• rangallo
• rangallar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rengo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rengo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rengo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 連合 (れんごう, rengō, “union, alliance, combination”), from 連 (れん, ren, “take along, lead, join, connect”) + 合 (ごう, gō, “fit, suit, join”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ren.ɡo/
• Hyphenation: ren‧go

Noun

rengo (first-person possessive rengoku, second-person possessive rengomu, third-person possessive rengonya)

1. trade union.

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Japanese

Romanization

rengo

1. Rōmaji transcription of れんご

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• renco

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrenɡo/ [ˈrẽŋ.ɡo]

Adjective

rengo (feminine renga, masculine plural rengos, feminine plural rengas)

1. lame

Further reading

• “rengo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014