kune

See also: kūne, kuně, and kunę

English

Noun

kune

1. plural of kuna

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

kune

1. son

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkune/

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• Rhymes: -une
• Syllabification: ku‧ne

Adverb

kune

1. together

   kune kun — together with

   • 1934, Stellan Engholm, Infanoj en Torento; republished as Franko Luin, editor, Tyresö: Inko, 2001, →ISBN, page 5:

     Johano kaj Arne ŝatis unu la alian kaj ofte ludis kune.

     Johano and Arne liked each other and often played together.

Related terms

• kun
• kune kun

Italian

Noun

kune f

1. plural of kuna

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kune – compare with Tuamotuan ʻune, Fijian kune “to appear, to be visible” and kunekune “to conceive a child”

Verb

kune

1. (intransitive) to swell (of fruit, the body)
2. to be pregnant
3. to grow, to spring forth

Adjective

kune

1. plump, round

Derived terms

• kukune
• kukunetanga
• kunekune

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kune, kukune”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, 5th edition, Wellington, N.Z.: Marcus F. Marks, pages 183–4
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “kune”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kune (Cyrillic spelling куне)

1. inflection of kuna:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

kune (Cyrillic spelling куне)

1. third-person singular present of kleti

Slovak

Noun

kune

1. dative/locative singular of kuna