en.wiktionary.org

runko - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

  • ️Mon Jul 03 2023

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

runko ((tree) trunk)

Proto-Finnic *runka +‎ -o, the root probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skrunkaz (compare Icelandic skrokkur). Alternatively related to Erzya рунго (rungo, torso, trunk), in which case from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *ruŋka.

  • IPA(key): /ˈruŋko/, [ˈruŋko̞]
  • Rhymes: -uŋko
  • Hyphenation(key): run‧ko

runko

  1. trunk (of a tree)
  2. hull (of a ship or airplane)
  3. body (of a car)
  4. fuselage (of an airplane)
  5. structure, build
  6. (colloquial) body of a human

(compounds):