urunga

== Māori == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uˈruŋa/ [ʉˈɾʉŋɐ] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Oceanic *quluŋ-an (“headrest” – compare with Tahitian uruʻa, Samoan uluga and aluga, Tongan ʻolunga) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulun-an “head rest” (compare with Coastal Kadazan tuhunan, Tagalog ulunan and unan, Cebuano ulonan) affixed from *qulun₂ “to rest one's head”. ==== Noun ==== urunga pillow === Etymology 2 === From uru (“to enter”) +‎ -nga (deverbal suffix). ==== Noun ==== urunga entrance (act of entering) === Etymology 3 === From uru (“head”) +‎ -nga. ==== Noun ==== urunga rudder === References === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “urunga”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 571 “urunga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.