tuuna

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Waiwai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun[edit]

tuuna

  1. water
    • 1998, Handbook of Amazonian Languages, volume 4, edited by Desmond C. Derbyshire, Geoffrey K. Pullum:
      tuuna kwaw nas oponon
      my clothes are in the water
      tuuna ka kmoko
      I came to get water

Derived terms[edit]

  • tuuna ymo (ocean, literally big water)