rungu

Borrowed from Swahili rungu.

rungu (plural rungus)

1. A wooden throwing club or baton used in certain East African tribal cultures.

• unrug

rungu

1. Romanization of ᬭᬸᬗᬸ

Borrowed from Javanese ꦫꦸꦔꦸ (rungu, “to hear”), from Old Javanese ruṅu, rĕṅö, ḍĕṅö (“to hear”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ. Doublet of dengar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.ŋu/
• Rhymes: -ŋu
• Hyphenation: ru‧ngu

rungu (plural rungu-rungu, first-person possessive runguku, second-person possessive rungumu, third-person possessive rungunya)

1. hearing (ability)

• “rungu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

rungu

1. Romanization of ꦫꦸꦔꦸ

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rungu (ma class, plural marungu)

1. club, knobkerry, rungu