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runga

Bingham

rúnga

va. assembled, collected.
n. an assembly, a crowd.

Sabatier

runga

n. e rungarunga, e tarungarunga: moving crowd, murmur, noise of moving throng, assembly, concourse, arrival of crowd, going in crowds, assembling, rushing in crowds.
ex. runga e! runga o! get into place! get going! move!
vt. rungarunga: to move towards in crowds.
ex. e rungarungaki: it is the cause of assembly.
vt. rungaoa: idem. to rush on..., towards...
vc. ka-runga: to make crowd assemble, to call an assembly.
nv. ua-rurung: crowd marching, going in force.
ex. rungaki, rungarungaki: visited, frequented by crowd.