tonn

See also: Tonn, tónn, tönn, and tǫnn

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German tonne or German Tonne. See also tünn, which is loaned from an alternative form of the Low German word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtonʲː/

Noun

tonn (genitive tonni, partitive tonni)

1. ton, tonne

   See kamakas kaalub kaks tonni!

   This slab weighs two tonnes!

2. (colloquial, of currency) thousand, grand

   Mul istub pangas viis tonni.

   I have five grand sitting in the bank.

Declension

Declension of tonn (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tonn	tonnid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tonni
genitive			tonnide
partitive		tonni	tonne tonnisid
illative		tonni tonnisse	tonnidesse tonnesse
inessive		tonnis	tonnides tonnes
elative		tonnist	tonnidest tonnest
allative		tonnile	tonnidele tonnele
adessive		tonnil	tonnidel tonnel
ablative		tonnilt	tonnidelt tonnelt
translative		tonniks	tonnideks tonneks
terminative		tonnini	tonnideni
essive		tonnina	tonnidena
abessive		tonnita	tonnideta
comitative		tonniga	tonnidega

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tǫnn, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔnː/

Noun

tonn f (genitive singular tannar, plural tenn)

1. tooth

Declension

f15	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tonn	tonnin	tenn	tenninar
accusative	tonn	tonnina	tenn	tenninar
dative	tonn	tonnini	tonnum	tonnunum
genitive	tannar	tannarinnar	tanna	tannanna

Derived terms

• eygatonn
• framtonn
• sagtonn, sagartonn
• tannsteinur

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”), from Proto-Celtic *tundā (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɑun̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠon̪ˠ/, /t̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɞn̪ˠ/

Noun

tonn f (genitive singular toinne, nominative plural tonnta)

1. wave
   • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny; Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:

     Briseann tonnta boga in aghaidh na gcarraigeacha thíos faoi.

     [original: Waves gently lap against the rocks below.]

Declension

Declension of tonn (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative tonn tonnta vocative a thonn a thonnta genitive toinne tonnta dative tonn toinn (in certain phrases) tonnta forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tonn na tonnta genitive na toinne na dtonnta dative leis an tonn don tonn leis na tonnta

Derived terms

• fuaimthonn
• maidhm thoinne
• síneastonn
• tonn tuile

Mutation

Mutated forms of tonn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tonn	thonn	dtonn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tonn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1231; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tonn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tonno and/or Sicilian tunnu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔnn/
• Rhymes: -ɔnn

Noun

tonn m (collective, singulative tonna, paucal tonniet)

1. tuna

Related terms

• tonnina
• tunnaċċ
• tunnara
• tunnaretta

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”).

Noun

tonn f (plural tonnyn)

1. wave, billow

Derived terms

• tonnagh

Mutation

Mutation of tonn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tonn	honn	donn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English ton.

Noun

tonn n (definite singular tonnet, indefinite plural tonn, definite plural tonna or tonnene)

1. a ton (usually a metric ton (1000 kg), but it can also refer to the British or American tons)
2. a tonne (metric ton)
3. (nautical) a displacement ton, gross ton or net ton (depending on context)

Derived terms

• gigatonn

References

• “tonn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English ton.

Noun

tonn n (definite singular tonnet, indefinite plural tonn, definite plural tonna)

1. a ton (as above)
2. a tonne (metric ton)
3. (nautical) a displacement ton, gross ton or net ton (depending on context)

Derived terms

• gigatonn

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tǫnn.

Noun

tonn f (definite singular tonni, indefinite plural tenner, definite plural tennene)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tann

References

• “tonn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• tond

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪on̪/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tundā (“wave”).

Noun

tonn f

1. wave
2. outpouring
3. sea
4. abundance
5. bog, swamp

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	tonnL	tuinnL	tonnaH
vocative	tonnL	tuinnL	tonnaH
accusative	tuinnN	tuinnL	tonnaH
genitive	tuinneH	tonnL	tonnN
dative	tuinnL	tonnaib	tonnaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: tonn
  • Irish: tonn
  • Manx: tonn
  • Scottish Gaelic: tonn

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *tondā (“surface, skin”).

Noun

tonn f

1. surface
2. land, earth
4. skin

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	tonnL	—	—
vocative	tonnL	—	—
accusative	tuinnN	—	—
genitive	tuinneH	—	—
dative	tuinnL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of tonn

radical	lenition	nasalization
tonn	thonn	tonn pronounced with /d̪-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰɔun̪ˠ/

Noun

tonn m (genitive tuinn or tuinne, plural tuinn or tonnan)

1. wave

Derived terms

• àmhainn meanbh-thonnach
• cumhachd nan tonn

Mutation

Mutation of tonn

radical	lenition
tonn	thonn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Tatar

Alternative forms

• tonna

Noun

tonn

1. ton (unit of weight)
   • 2004 December 7, Färit İdelle, “Rusiä Abxaziädä dä, Ukrainada da üze yaqlamağan namzätneñ ciñüe belän kileşmi”, in Azatlıq radiosı‎^[1]:

     26 meñ tonn

     26 thousand tons

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German tanne, from Old High German tanna, from Proto-Germanic *dannǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰonu (“fir”).

Noun

tonn f (plural tonna)

1. fir

Related terms

• tenna