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rungus

rungus is the plural of rungu.

Meaning of rungu

Noun

rungu (plural rungus)

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

See all 5 meanings of rungu

Noun capitalized: Rungus

Rungus pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to Sabah in Malaysia.

Proper noun capitalized: Rungus

Rungus

  1. The language of these people.

Questions about rungus

What does rungus mean?
Rungus means an Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to Sabah in Malaysia.
What is rungus the plural of?
Rungus is the plural of rungu.
What part of speech is rungus?
Rungus can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near rungus in the dictionary

  1. rungheads
  2. rungless
  3. Runglish
  4. rungs
  5. rungu
  6. rungus
  7. Rungwa
  8. runholder
  9. runholders
  10. runholding
  11. runholdings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rungus (page history and authors); Rungus (page history and authors); rungu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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