rongorongon.

Brit.

/ˌrɒŋəʊˈrɒŋəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌrɑŋoʊˈrɑŋoʊ/

Forms: 1900s– rongorongo, 1900s– rongo-rongo, 1900s– rongo rongo.

Origin: A borrowing from Rapa Nui. Etymons: Rapa Nui rongorongo, kohau motu mo rongorongo, kohau rongorongo.

Etymology: < Rapa Nui rongorongo to recite, chant out (in kohau motu mo rongorongo, literally ‘lines incised for chanting out’, and its shortened form kohau rongorongo, literally ‘lines for chanting out’ (1871 or earlier; compare quot. 1891)), reduplicated < rongo message. Compare also Rapa Nui tangata rongorongo (compare quot. 1917).

A hieroglyphic script found on wooden tablets on Easter Island, a Chilean dependency in the eastern Pacific Ocean; the art of incising this. Occasionally: a person skilled in writing or reading the script. Frequently attributive.The script is no longer understood, and has not been deciphered. It survives on a small number of tablets (mostly wooden), of which the earliest date from the late 18th cent. The symbols used are principally zoomorphic and geometric.

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society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > hieroglyphics > specific

zootype1883

rongorongo1919

Pascuan1982

1891 W. J. Thomson Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island in Smithsonian Inst. Ann. Rep. U.S. National Mus. 1889 ii. 537 Incised tablets.—Called Kohau [printed Hokau] Rongo Rongo.

1917 Folk-lore 28 342 These dwellings were occupied during the festival by the ‘tangata rongo-rongo’, or the men who recited from the hieroglyphic tablets which form one of the mysteries of the island.]

1919 K. Routledge Mystery of Easter Island xvi. 244 Every clan had professors in the art who were known as rongo-rongo men (‘tangata-rongo-rongo’).

1919 K. Routledge Mystery of Easter Island xvi. 249 Kaara was servant to the Ariki, and had been taught rongo-rongo by him... The matters with which..the rongo-rongo would deal, such as genealogies, lists of ariki, or the wanderings of the people.

1924 J. M. Brown Riddle of Pacific 93 He made them introduce the rongorongo into all the feasts and ceremonies.

1947 D. Diringer Alphabet viii. 137 The script rongo-rongo was the monopoly of organized teachers; every clan had its own ‘writing professors’, that is, experts in the art who were known as tangata-rongo-rongo, ‘rongo-rongo-men’.

1947 D. Diringer Alphabet viii A less elaborate kind of rongo-rongo was called tau.

1957 M. Bullock tr. A. Métraux Easter Island xii. 188 The spear carried by the leader..recalls the staff sometimes borne by the Easter Island rongorongo.

1958 T. Heyerdahl Aku-Aku vi. 164 The cave contained every possible thing except rongo-rongo.

2007 B. Haughton Hidden Hist. i. 56/2 Apart from the undeciphered Rongo-rongo script, which is probably no earlier than late-18th century, the Easter Islanders left no written record to help us understand their beliefs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rongorongo
释义	rongorongon. Brit. /ˌrɒŋəʊˈrɒŋəʊ/, U.S. /ˌrɑŋoʊˈrɑŋoʊ/ Forms: 1900s– rongorongo, 1900s– rongo-rongo, 1900s– rongo rongo. Origin: A borrowing from Rapa Nui. Etymons: Rapa Nui rongorongo, kohau motu mo rongorongo, kohau rongorongo. Etymology: < Rapa Nui rongorongo to recite, chant out (in kohau motu mo rongorongo, literally ‘lines incised for chanting out’, and its shortened form kohau rongorongo, literally ‘lines for chanting out’ (1871 or earlier; compare quot. 1891)), reduplicated < rongo message. Compare also Rapa Nui tangata rongorongo (compare quot. 1917). A hieroglyphic script found on wooden tablets on Easter Island, a Chilean dependency in the eastern Pacific Ocean; the art of incising this. Occasionally: a person skilled in writing or reading the script. Frequently attributive.The script is no longer understood, and has not been deciphered. It survives on a small number of tablets (mostly wooden), of which the earliest date from the late 18th cent. The symbols used are principally zoomorphic and geometric. ΘΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > hieroglyphics > specific zootype1883 rongorongo1919 Pascuan1982 1891 W. J. Thomson Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island in Smithsonian Inst. Ann. Rep. U.S. National Mus. 1889 ii. 537 Incised tablets.—Called Kohau [printed Hokau] Rongo Rongo. 1917 Folk-lore 28 342 These dwellings were occupied during the festival by the ‘tangata rongo-rongo’, or the men who recited from the hieroglyphic tablets which form one of the mysteries of the island.] 1919 K. Routledge Mystery of Easter Island xvi. 244 Every clan had professors in the art who were known as rongo-rongo men (‘tangata-rongo-rongo’). 1919 K. Routledge Mystery of Easter Island xvi. 249 Kaara was servant to the Ariki, and had been taught rongo-rongo by him... The matters with which..the rongo-rongo would deal, such as genealogies, lists of ariki, or the wanderings of the people. 1924 J. M. Brown Riddle of Pacific 93 He made them introduce the rongorongo into all the feasts and ceremonies. 1947 D. Diringer Alphabet viii. 137 The script rongo-rongo was the monopoly of organized teachers; every clan had its own ‘writing professors’, that is, experts in the art who were known as tangata-rongo-rongo, ‘rongo-rongo-men’. 1947 D. Diringer Alphabet viii A less elaborate kind of rongo-rongo was called tau. 1957 M. Bullock tr. A. Métraux Easter Island xii. 188 The spear carried by the leader..recalls the staff sometimes borne by the Easter Island rongorongo. 1958 T. Heyerdahl Aku-Aku vi. 164 The cave contained every possible thing except rongo-rongo. 2007 B. Haughton Hidden Hist. i. 56/2 Apart from the undeciphered Rongo-rongo script, which is probably no earlier than late-18th century, the Easter Islanders left no written record to help us understand their beliefs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1919
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