rongorongo
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Rapa Nui rongorongo (“to recite, chant”), a reduplicated form of rongo (“message”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
rongorongo (uncountable)
- An early glyphic writing system of Easter Island, written in reverse boustrophedon and as yet undeciphered. [from 20th c.]
Rapa Nui
Etymology
Reduplication of rongo
Verb
rongorongo
Noun
rongorongo
- Rapa Nui writing system or its glyphs (shortening of kohau rongorongo)