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tonhal

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Partial calque of German Thunfisch (“tuna”), ton +‎ hal (“fish”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtonɦɒl]
  • Hyphenation: ton‧hal
  • Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

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tonhal (plural tonhalak)

  1. tuna (fish)
  2. tuna (the edible flesh of the tuna)

Declension

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Possessive forms of tonhal
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tonhalam tonhalaim
2nd person sing. tonhalad tonhalaid
3rd person sing. tonhala tonhalai
1st person plural tonhalunk tonhalaink
2nd person plural tonhalatok tonhalaitok
3rd person plural tonhaluk tonhalaik

Further reading

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  • tonhal in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.